doot

verb

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"doot" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doot” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,007 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#69,007
frequency rank, English
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doubt.

Key facts for doot
PropertyValue
Headworddoot
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#69,007
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “doot” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for doot is 4 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #69,007 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

doot has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is doot, spelled D-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doubt.
  2. 2
    Think.

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 "doot"?
"doot" is spelled D-O-O-T.
What does "doot" mean?
As a verb, "doot" means: Doubt.
What language does "doot" come from?
"doot" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “doot”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list