# dingo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #39,292

## Definitions
1. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
2. A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).

## Easily confused with
- **dong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dong)
- **dino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dino)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dung)
- **dint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dint)
- **DINK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dink)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-doing)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dying)
- **disco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-disco)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dunno)
- **ditto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-ditto)
- **doggo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-doggo)
- **dingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dingy)
- **Dinka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dinka)
- **Drago** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-drago)
- **dings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dings)
- **dinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-dinky)
- **Django** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-django)
- **dig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dig-vs-dingo)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/din-vs-dingo)
- **dang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dang-vs-dingo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddingo`, `digno`, `dinggo`, `dinngo`, `dinog`, `dnigo`, `idngo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dingo