doping
/ˈdoʊpɪŋ/noun, verb
doping is spelled D-O-P-I-N-G: 6 letters. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doping means “The use of drugs to improve athletic performance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doping is dopings.
How many letters and syllables are in doping?
| Letters | 6: D-O-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 doping?
Doping appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 doping?
- US /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doping.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-doping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with doping?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as doping from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpɪŋ/):
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 doping
- dopings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
- 2
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.
- 3
The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dope
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dopage, doping |
| German | Doping , Dotierung |
| Portuguese | doping, dopagem |
| Spanish | doping, dopaje |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doping come from?
From dope + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).