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dub

/dʌb/verb, noun

dub is spelled D-U-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dub means “To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in dub?

Letters3: D-U-B
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is dub?

Dub appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce dub?

  • US /dʌb/
  • Australia /dɐb/
  • /dʊb/

Dub has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dub.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with dub?

6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dub from its last stressed vowel (/ʌb/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: bud.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of dub

  • dubs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • dubbing participle, present
  • dubbed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dub mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.

  2. 2

    informalTo name, to entitle, to call.

  3. 3

    To deem.

  4. 4

    To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

  5. 5

    To dress with an adze.

    to dub a stick of timber smooth

  6. 6

    To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

  7. 7

    To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.

  8. 8

    To dress a fishing fly.

  9. 9

    To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

  10. 10

    To do something badly.

  11. 11

    To execute a shot poorly.

  12. 12

    To add sound to film or change audio on film.

  13. 13

    To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.

  14. 14

    To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation

  15. 15

    To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.

  16. 16

    UKobsoleteTo open or close.

noun

  1. 1

    rareA blow, thrust, or poke.

  2. 2

    A poorly executed shot.

  3. 3

    slangAn unskillful, awkward person.

  4. 4

    A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.

  5. 5

    A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.

  6. 6

    A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.

  7. 7

    slangA piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.

  8. 8

    The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.

  9. 9

    UKA pool or puddle.

  10. 10

    slangA twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.

  11. 11

    slangA wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.

  12. 12

    Clipping of double-u.

  13. 13

    A win.

    I haven't had a dub in a few games.

  14. 14

    IndiaA small copper coin once used in India.

  15. 15

    UKobsoleteA lock.

  16. 16

    UKobsoleteA key, especially a master key; a lock pick.

noun

as DUB
  1. 1

    Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.

noun

as Dub
  1. 1

    IrelandcolloquialA Dubliner.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Dub in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchadouber (to confer knighthood), reconnaître (en tant que...) (to name, to entitle, to call), doubler (to replace soundtrack of a film with translation), dub (music genre)
Germanzum Ritter schlagen (to confer knighthood), nennen, bezeichnen, rufen (to name, to entitle, to call), synchronisieren (to replace soundtrack of a film with translation), Dub (music genre)
Portuguesechamar, apelidar (to name, to entitle, to call), dobrar, dublar (to replace soundtrack of a film with translation), dub (music genre)
Spanishapodar (to name, to entitle, to call), dub (music genre), doblar (to add sound to film or change audio on film)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does dub come from?

From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both from Proto-West Germanic *dubbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dub- (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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