dogwhistle
dog·whist·le/ˈdɔɡˌwɪ.səl/noun
dogwhistle is spelled D-O-G-W-H-I-S-T-L-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables (dog·whist·le). It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogwhistle means “Alternative spelling of dog whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogwhistle is dogwhistles.
How many letters and syllables are in dogwhistle?
| Letters | 10: D-O-G-W-H-I-S-T-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: dog·whist·le |
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th 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 dogwhistle?
Dogwhistle appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 dogwhistle?
- /ˈdɔɡˌwɪ.səl/
- /-ˌʍɪ.səl/
- [-sl̩]
Dogwhistle has 3 syllables, split dog·whist·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dogwhistle
- dogwhistles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogwhistle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of dog whistle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).