dorf
/ˈdɔɹf/noun
dorf is spelled D-O-R-F: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dorf means “A village in a German-speaking area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dorf is dorfs.
How many letters and syllables are in dorf?
| Letters | 4: D-O-R-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 dorf?
Dorf appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 dorf?
- UK /ˈdɔːf/
- US /ˈdɔɹf/
Dorf has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dorf.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dorf?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dorf from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹf/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ford.
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 dorf
- dorfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dorf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A village in a German-speaking area.
- 2
freak.
- 3
A dwarf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dorf come from?
In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).