Dodgson
/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.sən/
"dodgson" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dodgson” is uncommon English (frequency #75,811 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,811
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dodgson · Dodgson · English
Dodgson · rank #75,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,811
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dongfeng
Nearest frequency peer: Dongfeng (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Dodgson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dispensable
dispensable
24,194 corpus weight
- Dodgson
Dodgson
24,190 corpus weight
- Dongfeng
Dongfeng
24,189 corpus weight
- dopant
dopant
24,188 corpus weight
- doucet
doucet
24,187 corpus weight
- doughboy
doughboy
24,186 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dodgson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Dodgson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dodgson is uncommon English at frequency #75,811 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dodgson in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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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