# daily

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdeɪli/ · frequency rank #899

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

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-day)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-diy)
- **dal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dal)
- **dale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dale)
- **Daly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-daly)
- **duly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-duly)
- **Davy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-davy)
- **dill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dill)
- **dais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dais)
- **Danny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-danny)
- **dairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dairy)
- **drill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-drill)
- **daisy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-daisy)
- **deity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-deity)
- **dolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dolly)
- **Davey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-davey)
- **Darcy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-darcy)
- **dandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-dandy)
- **Daley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-daley)
- **darby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daily-vs-darby)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adily`, `dailly`, `dailyy`, `daiyl`, `daliy`, `ddaily`, `dialy`

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