doody
/duːdi/noun, verb
doody is spelled D-O-O-D-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doody means “Excrement, poop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doody is doodies.
How many letters and syllables are in doody?
| Letters | 5: D-O-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th 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 doody?
Doody appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 doody?
- /duːdi/
Doody 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). Recordings: En-au-doody.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doody
- doodies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- doodie
- dooty
- doodying participle, present
- doodied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangExcrement, poop.
- 2
A copper coin of India.
verb
- 1
USslangTo defecate, poop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doody come from?
Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).