dodman
dod·man/ˈdɑdmən/noun
dodman is spelled D-O-D-M-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (dod·man). It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dodman means “A land-based snail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dodman is dodmans or dodmen.
How many letters and syllables are in dodman?
| Letters | 6: D-O-D-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dod·man |
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dodman?
Dodman appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 dodman?
- UK /ˈdɒdmən/
- US /ˈdɑdmən/
Dodman has 2 syllables, split dod·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dodman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dodman
- dodmans plural
- dodmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dodman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A land-based snail.
- 2
A snail's shell.
- 3
Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
- 4
rareA surveyor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dodman come from?
Possibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) + -man, in the sense of a creature carrying a hill on its back. The word dod is from dod (“to clip, cut or lop off”), from Middle English dodden (“to shave, shear; to trim (a plant); to poll (cattle); to cut off (someone's head)”), from dod, dodde (“measure of grain”), from Old English. The surveyor sense appears to be based on a misconception by English amateur archaeologist and author Alfred Watkins (1855–1935) in his book The Old Straight Track (1925).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).