doon
/duːn/adverb, preposition, adjective, noun
doon is spelled D-O-O-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, doon means “Down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in doon?
| Letters | 4: D-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is doon?
Doon appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 doon?
- /duːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with doon
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: dun.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with doon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as doon.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dono.
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 doon
- doons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Down.
preposition
- 1
ScotlandDown.
adjective
- 1
On a lower level than before; down.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doon come from?
See down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).