dome
/dəʊm/
"dome" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dome” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,274 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,274
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dəʊm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dome” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dome is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dəʊm/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,274 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dome, with forms such as "ddome", "dmoe", and "doem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "don", "dot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo. The correct English form is dome, spelled D-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- 2Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
- 3A person's head.
- 4head, oral sex
- 5A building; a house; an edifice.
- 6Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
- 7A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
- 8A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
- 9A press stud or snap fastener.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddome,dmoe,doem,domme,odme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dome - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “dome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dəʊm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “due” - see the side-by-side comparison. dome vs due
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.