daily

/ˈdeɪli/

//ˈdeɪli// adj

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"daily" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“daily” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#899
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

Corpus desk

Index EN-daily · daily · English

daily · rank #899 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #899
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH crazy

Nearest frequency peer: crazy (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “daily”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “daily” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

daily vs day
60% similar
daily vs DIY
0% similar
daily vs dal
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for daily
PropertyValue
Headworddaily
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈdeɪli/
Letters5
Frequency rank#899
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “daily”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dailylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “crazy” (#898), “daughter” (#900), “changed” (#897). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “daily” is #899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around daily (IPA /ˈdeɪli/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #899 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for daily, with forms such as "adily", "dailly", and "dailyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "day", "DIY", "dal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks … The correct English form is daily, spelled D-A-I-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    That occurs every day, or at least every working day.
  2. 2
    Diurnally: by daylight.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how daily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally
  2. on a daily basis

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

Synonyms

journalquotidianper diem

This word in other languages

diario(Español)quotidien(Français)täglich(Deutsch)diário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adily
  • dailly
  • dailyy
  • daiyl
  • daliy
  • ddaily
  • dialy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daily - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adily2dailly1dailyy1daiyl2daliy2ddaily1dialy2
Edit distance from "daily"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daily"?
"daily" is spelled D-A-I-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdeɪli/.
What does "daily" mean?
As an adjective, "daily" means: That occurs every day, or at least every working day.
What words are commonly confused with "daily"?
"daily" is commonly confused with "day", "DIY", "dal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "daily"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daily" is /ˈdeɪli/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "daily"?
From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daily", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crazy#898built#895began#894knows#906

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

career7 variantspaper7 variantsseven7 variantswhose7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list