zip-a-dee-doo-dah
"zip-a-dee-doo-dah" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zip-a-dee-doo-dah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An exclamation of happiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zip-a-dee-doo-dah · zip-a-dee-doo-dah · English
zip-a-dee-doo-dah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zip-a-dee-doo-dah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zip-a-dee-doo-dah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zip-a-dee-doo-dah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An exclamation of happiness.".
Zero misspellings are on record for zip-a-dee-doo-dah in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a song in the Disney movie Song of the South, from “O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day”, chorus to an old minstrel song “Zip Coon” popularized by George Washington Dixon The correct English form is zip-a-dee-doo-dah, spelled Z-I-P---A---D-E-E---D-O-O---D-A-H.
Definition
- 1An exclamation of happiness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zip-a-dee-doo-dah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, / My oh my, what a wonderful day / Plenty of sunshine headin' my way / Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! What a treat this movie was for kids and adults alike.
Etymology
From a song in the Disney movie Song of the South, from “O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day”, chorus to an old minstrel song “Zip Coon” popularized by George Washington Dixon
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.