doge

/dəʊdʒ/

//dəʊdʒ// noun

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"doge" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doge” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,008) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#30,008
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Corpus desk

Index EN-doge · doge · English

doge · rank #30,008 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,008
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dived

Nearest frequency peer: dived (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “doge”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “doge” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

doge vs due
50% similar
doge vs don
50% similar
doge vs dot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for doge
PropertyValue
Headworddoge
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dəʊdʒ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,008
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “doge”

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “dived” (#30,007), “dogged” (#30,009), “displeased” (#30,006). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “doge” is #30,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for doge is neighbouring look-alikes ("due", "don", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /dəʊdʒ/. Frequency #30,008 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Gloss: "The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for doge, with forms such as "dgoe", "doeg", and "dogge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "don", "dot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is doge, spelled D-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted.
  2. This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.

Etymology

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.

This word in other languages

dux(Español)doge(Français)Doge(Deutsch)doge(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dgoe
  • doeg
  • dogge
  • odge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doge - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

dgoe2doeg2dogge1odge2
Edit distance from "doge"

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 "doge"?
"doge" is spelled D-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /dəʊdʒ/.
What does "doge" mean?
As a noun, "doge" means: The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
What words are commonly confused with "doge"?
"doge" is commonly confused with "due", "don", "dot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doge" is /dəʊdʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "doge"?
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. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

duma#30,013deen#29,997ergo#30,025cote#29,983

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list