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dugout

/ˈdʌɡaʊt/noun

dugout is spelled D-U-G-O-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dugout means “A canoe made from a hollowed-out log” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dugout is dugouts.

How many letters and syllables are in dugout?

Letters6: D-U-G-O-U-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is dugout?

Dugout appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 dugout?

  • /ˈdʌɡaʊt/

Dugout has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dugout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with dugout

Also written: dug-out (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of dugout

  • dugouts plural
  • dug-out

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

What does dugout mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.

  2. 2

    slangSomeone with old-fashioned or outdated ideas, an old fogey; especially, an elderly soldier brought in for temporary service.

  3. 3

    slangA small portable case for equipment used to smoke marijuana.

  4. 4

    A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.

  5. 5

    A rough dwelling consisting of an excavation in the ground, typically roofed with turf or basic sheeting.

  6. 6

    Hence, a shelter used in trench warfare, used for simple accommodation out of enemy fire.

  7. 7

    A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff can sit during a game.

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

Dugout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpirogue (canoe), banc de touche (shelter)
GermanEinbaum (canoe), Erdloch, Unterstand (shelter), Spielerbank, Mannschaftsbank (where non-playing teammembers and staff sit…)
Spanishcayuco (canoe), dugout, dogao, dogaut, dogout, dougout (where non-playing teammembers and staff sit…)

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 dugout come from?

From the verb phrase dug out.

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

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