dais
/ˈdeɪ.ɪs/
"dais" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dais” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,873 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,873
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may b...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dais |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪ.ɪs/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #45,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dais” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dais is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdeɪ.ɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,873 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for dais, with forms such as "daiss", "dasi", and "ddais". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "di", "DS", "did", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern French dais), from Latin discum, accusative singular of discus (“discus, disc, quoit; dish”) (Late Latin discum (“table”)), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “discus, disc… The correct English form is dais, spelled D-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
- 2A bench, a settle, a pew.
- 3An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.
- 4The canopy over an altar, etc.
Etymology
From Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern French dais), from Latin discum, accusative singular of discus (“discus, disc, quoit; dish”) (Late Latin discum (“table”)), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “discus, disc; tray”), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to cast, to throw; to strike”). Cognate with Italian desco, Occitan des. Doublet of desk, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: daiss,dasi,ddais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dais - 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.
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.
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Using “dais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdeɪ.ɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “di” - see the side-by-side comparison. dais vs di
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.