Douma

name

"douma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Douma” is uncommon English (frequency #71,465 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,465
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.

Corpus desk

Index EN-douma · Douma · English

Douma · rank #71,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,465
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH doughy

Nearest frequency peer: doughy (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Douma”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Douma” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Douma
PropertyValue
HeadwordDouma
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Douma” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Doumalands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “doughy” (#71,464), “Draghi” (#71,466), “Dordogne” (#71,462). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Douma is uncommon English at frequency #71,465 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Douma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic دُومَا (dūmā). The correct English form is Douma, spelled D-O-U-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُومَا (dūmā).

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 "Douma"?
"Douma" is spelled D-O-U-M-A.
What does "Douma" mean?
As a proper noun, "Douma" means: A city in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.
What is the origin of the word "Douma"?
Borrowed from Arabic دُومَا (dūmā). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Douma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list