dogfood
verb, noun
dogfood is spelled D-O-G-F-O-O-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dogfood means “To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dogfood?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-F-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 dogfood?
Dogfood appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 dogfood?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dogfood.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dogfood
- dogfoods present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- dogfooding participle, present
- dogfooded participle, past
- dog food
- dog-food
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogfood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
noun
- 1
USAlternative spelling of dog food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dogfood come from?
From dog + food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).