dudgeon
/ˈdʌd͡ʒən/
"dudgeon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dudgeon” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,469 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,469
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dudgeon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʌd͡ʒən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dudgeon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dudgeon is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʌd͡ʒən/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,469 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dudgeon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain: * Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below * Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this. * Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”). * Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare … The correct English form is dudgeon, spelled D-U-D-G-E-O-N.
Definition
- 1A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
Etymology
Uncertain: * Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below * Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this. * Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”). * Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.
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); 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 “dudgeon”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-U-D-G-E-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.