dah
/dɑː/noun
dah is spelled D-A-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dah means “The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dah is dahs.
How many letters and syllables are in dah?
| Letters | 3: D-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 dah?
Dah appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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).
How do you pronounce dah?
- /dɑː/
Dah has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with dah
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dah.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: had, dha.
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 dah
- dahs plural
- dao
- dha
- dow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.
- 2
A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spoken representation of a dash:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.