dogfighting

noun

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"dogfighting" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dogfighting” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,185 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#85,185
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.

Key facts for dogfighting
PropertyValue
Headworddogfighting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dogfighting” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for dogfighting is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #85,185 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dogfighting -- its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is dogfighting, spelled D-O-G-F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
  2. 2
    Close combat between two military aircraft.

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 "dogfighting"?
"dogfighting" is spelled D-O-G-F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.
What does "dogfighting" mean?
As a noun, "dogfighting" means: A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
What language does "dogfighting" come from?
"dogfighting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “dogfighting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-G-F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list