doodad
/ˈduːdæd/noun
doodad is spelled D-O-O-D-A-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doodad means “Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doodad is doodads.
How many letters and syllables are in doodad?
| Letters | 6: D-O-O-D-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doodad?
Doodad appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 doodad?
- /ˈduːdæd/
Doodad has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of doodad
- doodads plural
- doo-dad
- dodad
- do-dad
- dodab
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doodad mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doodad come from?
Unknown; attested since the 1880s. Compare earlier daud (“a piece of something”), later doohickey (“a thing (whose name one cannot recall)”), dialectal dad, dadge (“a large piece, chunk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).