dorf
/ˈdɔːf/
"dorf" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dorf” is uncommon English (frequency #84,185 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,185
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village in a German-speaking area.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dorf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔːf/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dorf” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dorf is uncommon English at frequency #84,185 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɔːf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A village in a German-speaking area.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dorf, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp. The correct English form is dorf, spelled D-O-R-F.
Definition
- 1A village in a German-speaking area.
Etymology
In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.
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 “dorf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-R-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.