dort
"dort" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dort” is uncommon English (frequency #69,008 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,008
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dort” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dort is uncommon English at frequency #69,008 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.".
dort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin. The correct English form is dort, spelled D-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.
Etymology
From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin.
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 “dort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-R-T - 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.