Dothan
/ˈdoʊθən/
"dothan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dothan” is uncommon English (frequency #61,425 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,425
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, United States. Named after the biblical Dothan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dothan · Dothan · English
Dothan · rank #61,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,425
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH donk
Nearest frequency peer: donk (-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 “Dothan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dolt
dolt
38,578 corpus weight
- donk
donk
38,577 corpus weight
- Dothan
Dothan
38,576 corpus weight
- drench
drench
38,575 corpus weight
- Drexler
Drexler
38,574 corpus weight
- dross
dross
38,572 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dothan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dothan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdoʊθən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dothan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dothan is uncommon English at frequency #61,425 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdoʊθən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city, the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, United States. Named after the biblical Dothan.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dothan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Dothan, spelled D-O-T-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, United States. Named after the biblical Dothan.
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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