dodie

/ˈdoʊdi/

//ˈdoʊdi// noun

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"dodie" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dodie” is an uncommon English word, ranked #86,218 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#86,218
frequency rank, English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A baby's pacifier or soother.

Key facts for dodie
PropertyValue
Headworddodie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdoʊdi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,218
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dodie” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dodie lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for dodie is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdoʊdi/. Corpus data places it at rank #86,218 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A baby's pacifier or soother.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dodie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is dodie, spelled D-O-D-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A baby's pacifier or soother.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dodie"?
"dodie" is spelled D-O-D-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdoʊdi/.
What does "dodie" mean?
As a noun, "dodie" means: A baby's pacifier or soother.
How do you pronounce "dodie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dodie" is /ˈdoʊdi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dodie" come from?
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Using “dodie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-D-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈdoʊdi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list