doozy
/ˈduːzi/
"doozy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doozy” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,130 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,130
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doozy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈduːzi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doozy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for doozy is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈduːzi/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,130 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for doozy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed … The correct English form is doozy, spelled D-O-O-Z-Y.
Definition
- 1Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
Etymology
Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “doozy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-O-Z-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈduːzi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.