Dacey
"dacey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dacey” is uncommon English (frequency #97,991 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,991
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dacey · Dacey · English
Dacey · rank #97,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,991
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dago
Nearest frequency peer: dago (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Dacey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cunty
cunty
2,015 corpus weight
- cygnet
cygnet
2,012 corpus weight
- Dacey
Dacey
2,010 corpus weight
- dago
dago
2,009 corpus weight
- Dair
Dair
2,008 corpus weight
- dango
dango
2,006 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dacey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dacey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dacey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dacey is uncommon English at frequency #97,991 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Dacey doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Déiseach, a name for a member of a vassal community called Déise, a word of uncertain meaning and origin. The correct English form is Dacey, spelled D-A-C-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Déiseach, a name for a member of a vassal community called Déise, a word of uncertain meaning and origin.
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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