# dome

> English word · Noun · IPA /dəʊm/ · frequency rank #8,274

## Definitions
1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
2. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
3. A person's head.
4. head, oral sex
5. A building; a house; an edifice.
6. Any 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.
7. A 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.
8. A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
9. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-due)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-don)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dot)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dye)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dow)
- **doo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-doo)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dre)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dum)
- **DSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dsm)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-drm)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dor)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-down)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-done)
- **door** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-door)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dude)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dont)
- **dumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dumb)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-duke)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddome`, `dmoe`, `doem`, `domme`, `odme`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dome