dafuq
/dəˈfʌk/
"dafuq" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dafuq” is uncommon English (frequency #56,041 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,041
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The fuck, what the fuck.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dafuq |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /dəˈfʌk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dafuq” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dafuq is uncommon English at frequency #56,041 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aphrase, transcribed /dəˈfʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The fuck, what the fuck.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dafuq, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Altered form of the fuck. The correct English form is dafuq, spelled D-A-F-U-Q.
Definition
- 1The fuck, what the fuck.
Etymology
Altered form of the fuck.
Synonyms
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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Using “dafuq”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-F-U-Q - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.