doubletree

noun

"doubletree" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubletree” is an uncommon English word, ranked #86,225 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#86,225
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...

Key facts for doubletree
PropertyValue
Headworddoubletree
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,225
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “doubletree” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). doubletree lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for doubletree is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #86,225 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...".

doubletree has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From double + tree. The correct English form is doubletree, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-T-R-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.

Etymology

From double + tree.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doubletree"?
"doubletree" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-T-R-E-E.
What does "doubletree" mean?
As a noun, "doubletree" means: a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...
What is the origin of the word "doubletree"?
From double + tree. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “doubletree”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-U-B-L-E-T-R-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list