dogger
dog·ger/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/noun
dogger is spelled D-O-G-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (dog·ger). It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Dogger, the name). As a noun, dogger means “A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogger is doggers.
How many letters and syllables are in dogger?
| Letters | 6: D-O-G-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dog·ger |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dogger?
Dogger appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Dogger, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dogger?
- UK /ˈdɒ.ɡə/
- US /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/
Dogger has 2 syllables, split dog·ger in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dogger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dogger?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dogger from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gorged.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dogger
- doggers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
- 2
UKA participant in the sexual activity of dogging.
- 3
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
- 4
AustraliaA person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.
- 5
AustraliaA dogman.
- 6
Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).
Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dogger come from?
From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).