DOMA
/ˈdoʊmə/
"doma" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“DOMA” is uncommon English (frequency #54,129 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,129
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of Defense of Marriage Act.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doma · DOMA · English
DOMA · rank #54,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,129
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH doozy
Nearest frequency peer: doozy (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “DOMA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- distrusted
distrusted
45,876 corpus weight
- divorcee
divorcee
45,875 corpus weight
- diya
diya
45,874 corpus weight
- DOMA
DOMA
45,872 corpus weight
- doozy
doozy
45,871 corpus weight
- dragnet
dragnet
45,867 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “DOMA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DOMA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdoʊmə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “DOMA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
DOMA is uncommon English at frequency #54,129 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdoʊmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acronym of Defense of Marriage Act.".
No misspelling variants are generated for DOMA in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is DOMA, spelled D-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Acronym of Defense of Marriage Act.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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