dopant
/ˈdəʊpənt/
"dopant" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dopant” is uncommon English (frequency #75,813 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,813
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dopant · dopant · English
dopant · rank #75,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,813
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dongfeng
Nearest frequency peer: Dongfeng (-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 “dopant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dodgson
Dodgson
24,190 corpus weight
- Dongfeng
Dongfeng
24,189 corpus weight
- dopant
dopant
24,188 corpus weight
- doucet
doucet
24,187 corpus weight
- doughboy
doughboy
24,186 corpus weight
- dramedy
dramedy
24,185 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dopant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dopant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdəʊpənt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dopant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dopant is uncommon English at frequency #75,813 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdəʊpənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dopant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dope + -ant. The correct English form is dopant, spelled D-O-P-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dopant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It should be noted that even though both types of disorder can be annealed at temperatures well below those where diffusion of the dopant species occurs, there are still defects present.
Etymology
From dope + -ant.
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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