doggonit

phrase

"doggonit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doggonit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression that shows mild or strong frustration about something.

Corpus desk

Index EN-doggonit · doggonit · English

doggonit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for doggonit
PropertyValue
Headworddoggonit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPhrase
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “doggonit” in English

doggonitfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doggonit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression that shows mild or strong frustration about something.".

doggonit has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Euphemistic variant (with metathesis of the consonants "g" and "d") of the phrase goddamn (doggone) + it. The correct English form is doggonit, spelled D-O-G-G-O-N-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An expression that shows mild or strong frustration about something.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how doggonit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Doggonit, she made me waste my doggone pecan candy.

Etymology

Euphemistic variant (with metathesis of the consonants "g" and "d") of the phrase goddamn (doggone) + it.

Synonyms

goldarned

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doggonit"?
"doggonit" is spelled D-O-G-G-O-N-I-T.
What does "doggonit" mean?
As a phrase, "doggonit" means: An expression that shows mild or strong frustration about something.
What is the origin of the word "doggonit"?
Euphemistic variant (with metathesis of the consonants "g" and "d") of the phrase goddamn (doggone) + it. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list