dressing gown
/ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/
"dressing-gown" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dressing gown” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dressing gown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dressing gown” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dressing gown is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dressing gown in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dressing + gown. The correct English form is dressing gown, spelled D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G- -G-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
Etymology
From dressing + gown.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dressing gown”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G- -G-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/ (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.