dotcom
/dɒtˈkɒm/
"dotcom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dotcom” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,879
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dotcom · dotcom · English
dotcom · rank #49,879 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #49,879
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dominus
Nearest frequency peer: dominus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dotcom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- distributive
distributive
50,125 corpus weight
- dominus
dominus
50,123 corpus weight
- dotcom
dotcom
50,122 corpus weight
- dour
dour
50,121 corpus weight
- Downie
Downie
50,120 corpus weight
- dox
dox
50,119 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dotcom” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dotcom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɒtˈkɒm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dotcom” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dotcom (IPA /dɒtˈkɒm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,879 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dotcom, with forms such as "ddotcom", "doctom", and "dotccom". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "doom", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com. The correct English form is dotcom, spelled D-O-T-C-O-M.
Definition
- 1A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dotcom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even mainstream, primetime narratives in the domestic sphere, for instance, now provide unremarkable reflections on the now naive and overly optimistic promises of cybertech, the high-techs, and dotcoms.
Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
Etymology
From dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddotcom
- doctom
- dotccom
- dotcmo
- dotcomm
- dotocm
- dottcom
- dtocom
- odtcom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dotcom - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dotcom", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "doom". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #49,879 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.