d8

noun

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"d8" is a 1-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“d8” is uncommon English (frequency #55,366 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,366
frequency rank, English
26,416
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - date.

Corpus desk

Index EN-d8 · d8 · English

d8 · rank #55,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,366
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 26,416
  • PHOTO-FINISH DAF

Nearest frequency peer: DAF (+1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “d8”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “d8” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for d8
PropertyValue
Headwordd8
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#55,366
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “d8” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). d8 lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

d8 is uncommon English at frequency #55,366 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "date.".

d8 has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: d + 8, based on the phonetic similarity between the number 8 and the letters "-ate" The correct English form is d8, spelled D-8.

Definition

  1. 1
    date.

Etymology

d + 8, based on the phonetic similarity between the number 8 and the letters "-ate"

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "d8"?
"d8" is spelled D-8.
What does "d8" mean?
As a noun, "d8" means: date.
What is the origin of the word "d8"?
d + 8, based on the phonetic similarity between the number 8 and the letters "-ate" See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list