daf
noun, phrase
daf is spelled D-A-F: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, daf means “A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daf is dafs or dafim.
How many letters and syllables are in daf?
| Letters | 3: D-A-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 55,433rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is daf?
Daf appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd 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).
Words people confuse with daf
Also written: duff.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with daf?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as daf.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fad.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of daf
- dafs plural
- dafim plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
- 2
A (double-sided) page of the Talmud.
noun
- 1
Acronym of Delivered At Frontier.
- 2
Acronym of delayed auditory feedback.
- 3
Acronym of donor-advised fund.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of daf (“dumb as fuck”).
phrase
- 1
Initialism of dumb as fuck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does daf come from?
Borrowed from Persian and Arabic دَف (daf).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).