# dub

> English word · Verb · IPA /dʌb/ · frequency rank #12,228

## Definitions
1. To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
2. To name, to entitle, to call.
3. To deem.
4. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
5. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
6. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
7. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
8. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
9. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with Icelandic dubba (in dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

## Easily confused with
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dy)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-due)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-duo)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dug)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dye)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-duh)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dui)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dun)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dum)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dup)
- **dud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dud)
- **duc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-duc)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dur)
- **DWP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dwp)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-dude)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dub-vs-duty)

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