doosra
/ˈduːs.ɹə/noun
doosra is spelled D-O-O-S-R-A: 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, doosra means “A type of ball, bowled by an off-spin bowler, that, unlike a normal off break, spins from leg to off for a right-handed batsman; the off-spinner's…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doosra is doosras.
How many letters and syllables are in doosra?
| Letters | 6: D-O-O-S-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th 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 doosra?
Doosra 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 doosra?
- UK /ˈduːs.ɹə/
- UK /ˈduːz.ɹə/
Doosra has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-doosra.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with doosra?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as doosra (/usɹə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rosado.
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 doosra
- doosras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doosra mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of ball, bowled by an off-spin bowler, that, unlike a normal off break, spins from leg to off for a right-handed batsman; the off-spinner's version of the googly.
His weakness in batting is against doosras.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doosra come from?
Borrowed from Hindi दूसरा (dūsrā, “second; other”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).