doy
/dɔɪ/
"doy" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doy” is an uncommon English word, ranked #77,614 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #77,614
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /dɔɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for doy is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɔɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #77,614 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.".
No misspelling variants are generated for doy in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”). The correct English form is doy, spelled D-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”).
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 “doy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɔɪ/ (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.