dogma
dog·ma/ˈdɔɡ.mə/noun
dogma is spelled D-O-G-M-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables (dog·ma). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogma means “An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogma is dogmas or dogmata.
How many letters and syllables are in dogma?
| Letters | 5: D-O-G-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dog·ma |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th 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 dogma?
Dogma appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 dogma?
- UK /ˈdɒɡ.mə/
- US /ˈdɔɡ.mə/
- US /ˈdɑɡ.mə/
Dogma has 2 syllables, split dog·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dogma.ogg, En-au-dogma.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dogma
- dogmas plural
- dogmata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
- 2
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
Holonyms: belief system, cosmology
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dogma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 dogma come from?
From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).