Dodgson
/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.sən/
"dodgson" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dodgson” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,811 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #75,811
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dodgson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.sən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dodgson” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dodgson is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.sən/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,811 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dodgson in our index; its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Dodge + -son, from the given name Roger. The correct English form is Dodgson, spelled D-O-D-G-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From Dodge + -son, from the given name Roger.
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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Using “Dodgson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-D-G-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.