doujin
/ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/
"doujin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doujin” is an uncommon English word, ranked #89,308 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,308
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doujin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doujin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for doujin is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #89,308 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for doujin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”). The correct English form is doujin, spelled D-O-U-J-I-N.
Definition
- 1A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
- 2Clipping of doujinshi (“a Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga”).
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”).
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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Using “doujin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-U-J-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.