dolt
/dɒlt/noun, verb
dolt is spelled D-O-L-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, dolt means “A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dolt is dolts.
How many letters and syllables are in dolt?
| Letters | 4: D-O-L-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dolt?
Dolt appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 dolt?
- UK /dɒlt/
- /dəʊlt/
- /dɔʊlt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-dolt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dolt?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dolt from its last stressed vowel (/ɒlt/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: told.
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 dolt
- dolts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dolting participle, present
- dolted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dolt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
derogatoryA stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo behave foolishly.
- 2
To fool; to trick
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dolt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imbécile |
| German | Blödmann, Tölpel, Trottel, Dummkopf, Depp |
| Portuguese | imbecil |
| Spanish | estúpido |
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 dolt come from?
First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).