# domino

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/ · frequency rank #21,493

## Definitions
1. A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
2. A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
3. A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
4. The mask itself.
5. The person wearing the costume.
6. A polyomino made up of two squares.
7. A mistake in performing.
8. A person's teeth.

## Etymology
1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.

## Easily confused with
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-doping)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-dozing)
- **dominos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-dominos)
- **dominus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-dominus)
- **dominoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-dominoes)
- **dino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dino-vs-domino)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-domino)
- **domain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domain-vs-domino)
- **Domini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domini-vs-domino)
- **Dominic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dominic-vs-domino)
- **dominion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dominion-vs-domino)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddomino`, `dmoino`, `doimno`, `dominno`, `domion`, `dommino`, `domnio`, `odmino`

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