doddery
"doddery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doddery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doddering, trembly, shaky.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doddery · doddery · English
doddery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doddery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doddery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doddery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doddering, trembly, shaky.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for doddery in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dodder + -y. The correct English form is doddery, spelled D-O-D-D-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Doddering, trembly, shaky.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doddery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively...
The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds...
Etymology
From dodder + -y.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.