dodger
/ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/noun
dodger is spelled D-O-D-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dodger means “Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dodger is dodgers.
How many letters and syllables are in dodger?
| Letters | 6: D-O-D-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dodger?
Dodger appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dodger?
- UK /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/
Dodger has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dodger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dodger?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dodger from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dodger
- dodgers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dodger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
- 2
A person full of tricks or street smarts.
- 3
A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
- 4
AustraliaslangAn advertising leaflet; a flyer.
- 5
AustraliaUSdatedslangBread.
noun
- 1
A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dodger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Umgeher, Ausweicher , Schlawiner, Drückeberger , Sprayhood |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dodger come from?
From dodge + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).