doughboy
noun
doughboy is spelled D-O-U-G-H-B-O-Y: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doughboy means “An American infantryman, especially one from World War I” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doughboy is doughboys.
How many letters and syllables are in doughboy?
| Letters | 8: D-O-U-G-H-B-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doughboy?
Doughboy appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th 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 doughboy?
- US
Doughboy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-doughboy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with doughboy
Also written: dough, dough boy (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of doughboy
- doughboys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doughboy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
- 2
A kind of flour dumpling.
- 3
Frybread.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate doughboy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of doughboy: dough.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doughboy come from?
From dough + boy; its use to refer to an infantryman is unknown, but dates from 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).