# doge

> English word · Noun · IPA /dəʊdʒ/ · frequency rank #30,008

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-due)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-don)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dot)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dug)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dye)
- **dom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dom)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dow)
- **doo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-doo)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dre)
- **DOJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-doj)
- **DOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-doi)
- **doh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-doh)
- **dol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dol)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dor)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-down)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-done)
- **door** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-door)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dude)

## Common misspellings (4)
`dgoe`, `doeg`, `dogge`, `odge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doge