daiquiri

Name: daiquiri, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/

//ˈdæ.kə.ɹi// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“daiquiri” is uncommon English (frequency #67,348 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,348
frequency rank, English: 26,416
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.

Key facts for daiquiri
Property	Value
Headword	daiquiri
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#67,348
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “daiquiri” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). daiquiri lands here:

#67,348

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daiquiri is uncommon English at frequency #67,348 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for daiquiri, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Originated 1915–1920; after Daiquirí, a town on the south coast of Cuba. The correct English form is daiquiri, spelled D-A-I-Q-U-I-R-I.

Definition

1
A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.

Etymology

Originated 1915–1920; after Daiquirí, a town on the south coast of Cuba.

This word in other languages

daiquiri(Español)daiquiri(Français)Daiquiri(Deutsch)

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 "daiquiri"?

"daiquiri" is spelled D-A-I-Q-U-I-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/.

What does "daiquiri" mean?

As a noun, "daiquiri" means: A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.

How do you pronounce "daiquiri"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daiquiri" is /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/. 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 "daiquiri"?

Originated 1915–1920; after Daiquirí, a town on the south coast of Cuba. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “daiquiri”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is D-A-I-Q-U-I-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.