# dogma

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒɡ.mə/ · frequency rank #20,340

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.

## Easily confused with
- **dom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dom)
- **dogs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dogs)
- **dome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dome)
- **doom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-doom)
- **dorm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dorm)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dora)
- **Doha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-doha)
- **duma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-duma)
- **dona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dona)
- **DotA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-dota)
- **drama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-drama)
- **donna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogma-vs-donna)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-vs-dogma)
- **DOA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doa-vs-dogma)
- **DMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dma-vs-dogma)
- **Dogg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogg-vs-dogma)
- **doge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doge-vs-dogma)
- **dog's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-s-vs-dogma)
- **doggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doggy-vs-dogma)
- **doggo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doggo-vs-dogma)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddogma`, `dgoma`, `dogam`, `doggma`, `dogmma`, `domga`, `odgma`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dogma