doco
/ˈdɒ.kəʊ/
"doco" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doco” is uncommon English (frequency #93,627 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,627
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of documentary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doco · doco · English
doco · rank #93,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,627
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disabuse
Nearest frequency peer: disabuse (-6 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “doco”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- derring
derring
6,387 corpus weight
- DeShawn
DeShawn
6,385 corpus weight
- dinna
dinna
6,381 corpus weight
- disabuse
disabuse
6,380 corpus weight
- doco
doco
6,374 corpus weight
- downswing
downswing
6,365 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “doco” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doco |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɒ.kəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doco” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doco is uncommon English at frequency #93,627 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɒ.kəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for doco in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”). The correct English form is doco, spelled D-O-C-O.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of documentary.
- 2Abbreviation of documentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seibert has many complaints about nature docos, not the least of which is the music that seems to suggest that animals are constantly shadowed by symphony orchestras.
Now we spend about a third of our time in the US working on docos, working with US wildlife.
Etymology
From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).