break of dawn
"break-of-dawn" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“break of dawn” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Daybreak.
Corpus desk
Index EN-break-of-dawn · break of dawn · English
break of dawn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | break of dawn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “break of dawn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
break of dawn is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Daybreak.".
Zero misspellings are on record for break of dawn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is break of dawn, spelled B-R-E-A-K- -O-F- -D-A-W-N.
Definition
- 1Daybreak.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how break of dawn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn Look out your windo' and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm a travelin' on But don't think twice, it's all right.
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.