# docket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒk.ɪt/ · frequency rank #29,633

## Definitions
1. A summary; a brief digest.
2. A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
3. A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
4. An agenda of things to be done.
5. A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
6. A receipt.

## Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

## Easily confused with
- **docks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docket-vs-docks)
- **donkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docket-vs-donkey)
- **Dorset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docket-vs-dorset)
- **ducked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docket-vs-ducked)
- **dock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dock-vs-docket)
- **decker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decker-vs-docket)
- **decked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decked-vs-docket)
- **docker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docker-vs-docket)
- **dickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dickey-vs-docket)

## Common misspellings (9)
`dcoket`, `ddocket`, `doccket`, `docekt`, `dockett`, `dockket`, `dockte`, `dokcet`, `odcket`

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