Which to use
“daily” is an adjective and “darby” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #899
- “daily” frequency rank
- #23,229
- “darby” frequency rank
- 24128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daily | darby |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That occurs every day, or at least every working day. | A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet concrete, consisting of a stiff wedge or triangle of wood or metal. |
Letter map: daily vs darby
Shared letters muted; letters that set daily and darby apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. daily (CVVCV) and darby (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - daily and darby
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: daily is anadjective and darbyanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daily is recorded at frequency rank #899, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈdeɪli/. darby is at rank #23,229, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24128, this pair ranks #404,235 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of daily vs darby
Shared letters: ady. Private to "daily": il. Private to "darby": br.
"daily" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "darby" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "daily" for "darby" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "daily" and "darby".
- Full dictionary entry for "daily" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "darby" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,235 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daily" and "darby" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "darby vs Darla". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #404,235 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.