doge
/dəʊdʒ/noun, verb
doge is spelled D-O-G-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doge means “The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doge is doges or dogi.
How many letters and syllables are in doge?
| Letters | 4: D-O-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is doge?
Doge appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 doge?
- UK /dəʊdʒ/
- UK /dəʊʒ/
- UK /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/
Doge has one syllable (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). Recordings: En-us-doge.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doge
- doges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dogi plural
- dogeing participle, present
- doged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- 2
Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”).
- 2
informalClipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cryptocurrency”).
verb
- 1
To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
Wiktionary also records doge as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa:
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 doge come from?
Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge, from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).