doggone
/ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/verb, adjective, interjection
doggone is spelled D-O-G-G-O-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, doggone means “To damn; to curse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in doggone?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-G-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doggone?
Doggone appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 doggone?
- UK /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/
- US /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/
Doggone has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-doggone.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doggone
- doggones present, singular, he/she/it
- doggoning participle, present
- doggoned participle, past
- daggone
- doggonest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doggone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
USTo damn; to curse.
adjective
- 1
USEuphemistic form of goddamned.
I lost my doggone keys again!
interjection
- 1
USEuphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.
Doggone! I lost my keys again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doggone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doggone come from?
Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).