dogsled
noun, verb
dogsled is spelled D-O-G-S-L-E-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogsled means “A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogsled is dogsleds.
How many letters and syllables are in dogsled?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-S-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 dogsled?
Dogsled appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 dogsled?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dogsled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dogsled
- dogsleds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dog sled
- dogsledding participle, present
- dogsledded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogsled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.
verb
- 1
To ride on a dogsled.
- 2
To race dogsleds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dogsled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sled pulled by dogs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | traîneau à chien |
| German | Hundeschlitten |
| Spanish | trineo tirado por perros |
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 dogsled come from?
From dog + sled.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).