dogbane
noun
dogbane is spelled D-O-G-B-A-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogbane means “Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogbane is dogbanes.
How many letters and syllables are in dogbane?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-B-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dogbane?
Dogbane appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 dogbane?
Dogbane has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dogbane?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dogbane.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bondage.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dogbane
- dogbanes plural
- dogs-bane
- dogsbane
- dog's-bane
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogbane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dogbane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Apocynum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apocyn |
| German | Hundsgift |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dogbane come from?
From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).