dogs

/\ˈdɔɡz\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,116

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dogs is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de dog. Pronounced \ˈdɔɡz\. Often confused with Ds and dos.

Key facts for dogs
PropertyValue
Headworddogs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdɔɡz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,116
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dogs in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dogs is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈdɔɡz\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,116 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de dog.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for dogs, with forms such as "ddogs", "dgos", and "doggs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "dos", "don", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dogs, spelled D-O-G-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de dog.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddogs,dgos,doggs,dogss,dosg,odgs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dogs

Misspelling Variants of "dogs"

ddogs5dgos4doggs5dogss5dosg4odgs4
Misspelling Variants of "dogs"

Frequency rank: #17,116 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dogs"?
"dogs" is spelled D-O-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdɔɡz\.
What does "dogs" mean?
As a noun, "dogs" means: Pluriel de dog.
What words are commonly confused with "dogs"?
"dogs" is commonly confused with "Ds", "dos", "don". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dogs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dogs" is \ˈdɔɡz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dogs" come from?
"dogs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.