dog-ear
/ˈdɒɡɪə/
"dog-ear" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dog-ear” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dog-ear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɒɡɪə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dog-ear” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dog-ear is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɒɡɪə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dog-ear, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb). The correct English form is dog-ear, spelled D-O-G---E-A-R.
Definition
- 1The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
Etymology
The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dog-ear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-G---E-A-R - 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.