# daddy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdæd.i/ · frequency rank #3,870

## Definitions
1. Father.
2. A perfect example, a role model.
3. A male lover.
4. A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.
5. An informal term of address for a man.
6. A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
7. A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
8. A stage manager.
9. The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
10. An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
11. The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.

## Etymology
From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-day)
- **DDD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-ddd)
- **dads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dads)
- **Daly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-daly)
- **Dodd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dodd)
- **Davy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-davy)
- **Dade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dade)
- **daily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-daily)
- **Danny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-danny)
- **dairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dairy)
- **daisy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-daisy)
- **Davey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-davey)
- **Darcy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-darcy)
- **dodgy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dodgy)
- **dandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dandy)
- **Daley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-daley)
- **darby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-darby)
- **diddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-diddy)
- **dally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dally)
- **Dodds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daddy-vs-dodds)

## Common misspellings (6)
`adddy`, `daddyy`, `dady`, `dadyd`, `ddaddy`, `ddady`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/daddy