doge

noun

The verdict

“doge” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,760 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - magistrado supremo nas antigas repúblicas de Gênova e Veneza

Corpus desk

Index PT-doge · doge · Portuguese

doge · rank #68,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,760
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH either

Nearest frequency peer: either (+17 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “doge”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “doge” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for doge
PropertyValue
Headworddoge
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#68,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “doge” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.dogecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “either” (#68,777), “cânfora” (#68,733), “engineer” (#68,789). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “doge” fica em #68,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doge is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,760 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "magistrado supremo nas antigas repúblicas de Gênova e Veneza".

No generated misspelling entries exist for doge in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is doge, spelled D-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    magistrado supremo nas antigas repúblicas de Gênova e Veneza

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how doge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nota: formas alternativas para o feminino: dogaresa e dogaressa

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doge"?
"doge" is spelled D-O-G-E.
What does "doge" mean?
As a noun, "doge" means: magistrado supremo nas antigas repúblicas de Gênova e Veneza
What language does "doge" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list