dosa
/ˈdoʊsə/noun
dosa is spelled D-O-S-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dosa means “A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dosa is dosas.
How many letters and syllables are in dosa?
| Letters | 4: D-O-S-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th 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; 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 dosa?
Dosa appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 dosa?
- UK /ˈdəʊsə/
- US /ˈdoʊsə/
- /d̪osɑ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dosa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dosa?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dosa from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soda, sado.
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 dosa
- dosas plural
- dosha
- dosai
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dosa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dosa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of pancake:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dosa |
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 dosa come from?
From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).