doof
/duːf/noun, interjection
doof is spelled D-O-O-F: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doof means “A simpleton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doof is doofs.
How many letters and syllables are in doof?
| Letters | 4: D-O-O-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is doof?
Doof appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 doof?
- /duːf/
As an interjection (“Imitating an electronic drum sound”): /dʊf/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doof.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with doof?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as doof.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: food.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of doof
- doofs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doof mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangA simpleton.
- 2
AustraliaslangA type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
- 3
AustraliaAn outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
interjection
- 1
Imitating an electronic drum sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doof come from?
From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).