dodge
/dɒd͡ʒ/
"dodge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dodge” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,913
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dodge · dodge · English
dodge · rank #7,913 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,913
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH downs
Nearest frequency peer: downs (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dodge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- directory
directory
92,092 corpus weight
- discharge
discharge
92,090 corpus weight
- dodge
dodge
92,088 corpus weight
- downs
downs
92,087 corpus weight
- drilling
drilling
92,086 corpus weight
- drums
drums
92,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dodge” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dodge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɒd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dodge” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dodge (IPA /dɒd͡ʒ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,913 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dodge, with forms such as "ddodge", "ddoge", and "doddge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dog", "doe", "done", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“t… The correct English form is dodge, spelled D-O-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- 2To avoid; to sidestep.
- 3To elude.
- 4To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.
- 5To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
- 6To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- 7To trick somebody.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dodge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He dodged traffic crossing the street.
But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes^([sic]) two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japa…
Etymology
Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddodge
- ddoge
- doddge
- dodeg
- dodgge
- dogde
- oddge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dodge - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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- "dodge" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dog". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,913 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.