# dodger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #20,617

## Definitions
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. An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
5. Bread.

## Etymology
From dodge + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **doge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-doge)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-doer)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dover)
- **dodgy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dodgy)
- **downer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-downer)
- **dogged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dogged)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-donner)
- **dormer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dormer)
- **dowager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dowager)
- **dodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodge-vs-dodger)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dodger)
- **dagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dagger-vs-dodger)
- **digger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dodger)
- **docker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docker-vs-dodger)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddodger`, `ddoger`, `doddger`, `dodegr`, `dodgerr`, `dodgger`, `dodgre`, `dogder`, `oddger`

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