daimyo
/ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/
"daimyo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daimyo” is uncommon English (frequency #75,782 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,782
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daimyo · daimyo · English
daimyo · rank #75,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,782
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH Czechoslovaki…
Nearest frequency peer: Czechoslovakian (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “daimyo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cyclically
cyclically
24,223 corpus weight
- cystitis
cystitis
24,222 corpus weight
- Czechoslova…
Czechoslovakian
24,221 corpus weight
- daimyo
daimyo
24,219 corpus weight
- Damocles
Damocles
24,215 corpus weight
- Daniil
Daniil
24,214 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “daimyo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daimyo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “daimyo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
daimyo is uncommon English at frequency #75,782 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lord during the Japanese feudal period.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for daimyo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (dajᴴ mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”). The correct English form is daimyo, spelled D-A-I-M-Y-O.
Definition
- 1A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (dajᴴ mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.