Dunwoody
/ˈdʌnwʊdi/
"dunwoody" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dunwoody” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,385 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #67,385
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dunwoody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʌnwʊdi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dunwoody” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dunwoody is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʌnwʊdi/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,385 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Dunwoody in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Dinwiddie. The correct English form is Dunwoody, spelled D-U-N-W-O-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States.
Etymology
Variant of Dinwiddie.
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 “Dunwoody”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-N-W-O-O-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdʌnwʊdi/ (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.