doughy
/ˈdoʊi/adjective
doughy is spelled D-O-U-G-H-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, doughy means “Pale and flabby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in doughy?
| Letters | 6: D-O-U-G-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 71,529th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is doughy?
Doughy appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th 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 doughy?
- UK /ˈdəʊˌi/
- US /ˈdoʊi/
Doughy 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)-Vealhurl-doughy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with doughy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as doughy from its last stressed vowel (/oʊi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of doughy
- doughier comparative
- doughiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doughy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pale and flabby,
- 2
Soft and heavy.
noun
- 1
archaicslangA baker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doughy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Having the characteristics of dough:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doughy come from?
From dough + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).