doll
/dɑl/noun, verb
doll is spelled D-O-L-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doll means “A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doll is dolls or dollz.
How many letters and syllables are in doll?
| Letters | 4: D-O-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is doll?
Doll appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 doll?
- UK /dɒl/
- US /dɑl/
- Canada [dɒːɫ]
Doll has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-doll.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_doll.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with doll
Also written: dal.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with doll?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as doll from its last stressed vowel (/ɑl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of doll
- dolls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dollz plural
- dolling participle, present
- dolled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doll mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
- 2
slangAn attractive young woman.
- 3
slangA transgender woman or transfeminine person, especially one that has a highly sexual and feminine personal style.
- 4
slangA transgender woman or transfeminine person, in general.
- 5
AustraliaScotlandUSdatedA term of endearment
- 6
USA good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?
- 7
The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- 8
A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
- 9
A temporary barrier used in horse racing.
- 10
USobsoleteSynonym of dollar.
verb
- 1
Synonym of doll up.
- 2
UKTo place a barrier in front of (a section of the course that is to be omitted from a horse race).
- 3
obsoleteTo warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doll in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a toy in the form of a human:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poupée |
| German | Puppe |
| Portuguese | boneca, boneco |
| Spanish | muñeca, muñeco, pepona, moña, pelele, llufa |
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 doll come from?
From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).