dogface
noun
dogface is spelled D-O-G-F-A-C-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogface means “A foot soldier, especially during World War II” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogface is dogfaces.
How many letters and syllables are in dogface?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-F-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dogface?
Dogface appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 dogface?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dogface.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dogface
- dogfaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogface mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangA foot soldier, especially during World War II.
- 2
derogatoryslangAn ugly person.
Near-synonyms: pigface, horseface
- 3
Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dogface come from?
From dog + face.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).