Dayton

[ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩]

/[ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩]/ name

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The verdict

“Dayton” is uncommon German (frequency #63,220 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,220
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Ohio

Corpus desk

Index DE-dayton · Dayton · German

Dayton · rank #63,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,220
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dauerkarte

Nearest frequency peer: Dauerkarte (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Dayton“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dayton“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dayton
PropertyValue
HeadwordDayton
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dayton“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Daytonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dauerkarte“ (#63,219), „DBA“ (#63,221), „dahinten“ (#63,217). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dayton“ bei #63,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dayton is uncommon German at frequency #63,220 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Ohio".

No misspelling variants are generated for Dayton in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dayton, spelled D-A-Y-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Ohio

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Während die Serben Anfang der 1990er Jahre gegen die Kroaten und die Bosnier kämpften, wurde in Dayton, Ohio, ein regionales Friedensabkommen unterzeichnet, das den unlösbaren Konflikt lösen sollte.“
  2. „Im ausgebluteten Bosnien-Herzegowina werden die 1995 in Dayton unterzeichneten Vereinbarungen umgesetzt.“

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dayton"?
"Dayton" is spelled D-A-Y-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩].
What does "Dayton" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dayton" means: Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Ohio
How do you pronounce "Dayton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dayton" is [ˈdɛɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dayton" come from?
"Dayton" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list