doubloon
/dʌˈbluːn/
"doubloon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doubloon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doubloon · doubloon · English
doubloon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doubloon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʌˈbluːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doubloon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doubloon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dʌˈbluːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
doubloon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole. The correct English form is doubloon, spelled D-O-U-B-L-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
- 2Clipping of doubloonie.
- 3Alternative form of dabloon (“fictional currency”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how doubloon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to w…
Etymology
From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.