witch doctor
/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/
"witch-doctor" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“witch doctor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | witch doctor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “witch doctor” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
witch doctor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
witch doctor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is witch doctor, spelled W-I-T-C-H- -D-O-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.
- 2A dragonfly.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “witch doctor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-T-C-H- -D-O-C-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.