Daan
/ˌdɑˈɑn/
"daan" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daan” is uncommon English (frequency #63,541 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,541
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daan · Daan · English
Daan · rank #63,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,541
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH currier
Nearest frequency peer: currier (-3 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 “Daan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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36,467 corpus weight
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36,466 corpus weight
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36,463 corpus weight
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Daan
36,460 corpus weight
- damsels
damsels
36,457 corpus weight
- dasher
dasher
36,456 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Daan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɑˈɑn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Daan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Daan is uncommon English at frequency #63,541 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌdɑˈɑn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Daan in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Mandarin 大安 (Dà'ān). The correct English form is Daan, spelled D-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2A district of Taichung, Taiwan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Daan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"We've had a hit in the Daan District," the CID dispatcher said over the phone. "One hundred percent match over a cell phone."
Heavily residential Daan District is the most crowded, with 27,600 people per square kilometer.
Etymology
From the Mandarin 大安 (Dà'ān).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.