dookie

noun

"dookie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dookie” is uncommon English (frequency #63,569 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,569
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - swimming costume, bathing suit

Corpus desk

Index EN-dookie · dookie · English

dookie · rank #63,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,569
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dorr

Nearest frequency peer: dorr (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “dookie”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “dookie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dookie
PropertyValue
Headworddookie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,569
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “dookie” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).dookiefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “dorr” (#63,570), “disharmony” (#63,567), “disadvantageous” (#63,566). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dookie” is #63,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dookie is uncommon English at frequency #63,569 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "swimming costume, bathing suit".

dookie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: In Scots, dookie, doukit, and douker (terms related to the British English duck, equivalent to the American English dunk) have all been used to refer to Baptists. Hence a dookie in Scots is, jocularly, someone who ducks or dunks people in water when baptisi… The correct English form is dookie, spelled D-O-O-K-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    swimming costume, bathing suit

Etymology

In Scots, dookie, doukit, and douker (terms related to the British English duck, equivalent to the American English dunk) have all been used to refer to Baptists. Hence a dookie in Scots is, jocularly, someone who ducks or dunks people in water when baptising them.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dookie"?
"dookie" is spelled D-O-O-K-I-E.
What does "dookie" mean?
As a noun, "dookie" means: swimming costume, bathing suit
What is the origin of the word "dookie"?
In Scots, dookie, doukit, and douker (terms related to the British English duck, equivalent to the American English dunk) have all been used to refer to Baptists. Hence a dookie in Scots is, jocularly, someone who ducks or dunks people in water wh... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dookie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list