d
/diː/letter, number, adjective, adverb, symbol, article
d is spelled D: one letter and one syllable. It appears 288 times per million words in written English, the 329th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a letter, d means “The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in d?
| Letters | 1: D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 288 times per million words; the 329th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is d?
D appears 288 times per million words in written English, the 329th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce d?
- /diː/
- /d/
D has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-d.ogg, En-uk-d.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-'d.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of d
- 1/2d
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does d mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
letter
- 1
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
number
- 1
The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
symbol
- 1
A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).
£sd – “pounds, shillings and pence”
- 2
Die or dice.
d20 – a specialized die with twenty sides
- 3
A penny, a measure of the size of nails.
letter
- 1
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
number
- 1
The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of defense.
- 2
USAbbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
D-New York
- 3
Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
- 4
Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- 5
slangClipping of dick (“penis”)
She wants the D!
- 6
Abbreviation of data.
- 7
Canonical decomposition
- 8
Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
- 9
The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
- 10
The penalty arc on a football pitch.
- 11
The penalty arc on a hockey field.
- 12
CanadaUSA grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of down (direction).
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of dimensional.
- 2
Abbreviation of divorced.
interjection
- 1
Damn.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of dimensional.
- 2
Abbreviation of declared.
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of down.
Do you have the answer for 23d?
- 2
informalAbbreviation of already, used in text messages to form the perfect tenses.
Come d.
article
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of the
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does d come from?
From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).