# dowd

> English word · Noun · IPA /daʊd/ · frequency rank #32,781

## Definitions
1. A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
2. Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.

## Etymology
Back-formation from dowdy.

## Easily confused with
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dw)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dvd)
- **dud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dud)
- **DWP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dwp)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-down)
- **dyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dyed)
- **doze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-doze)
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-downs)
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-drown)
- **droid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-droid)
- **dowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-dowry)
- **downy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-downy)
- **downed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-downed)
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/do-vs-dowd)
- **DD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dd-vs-dowd)
- **did** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/did-vs-dowd)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-vs-dowd)
- **dad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dad-vs-dowd)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/don-vs-dowd)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddowd`, `dodw`, `dowdd`, `dowwd`, `dwod`, `odwd`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dowd