Dakota
/dəˈkəʊtə/noun
Dakota is spelled D-A-K-O-T-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Dakota means “A member of the Dakota people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Dakota is Dakotas.
How many letters and syllables are in Dakota?
| Letters | 6: D-A-K-O-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Dakota?
Dakota appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Dakota?
- UK /dəˈkəʊtə/
Dakota has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Dakota.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Dakota?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Dakota from its last stressed vowel (/əʊtə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Dakota
- Dakotas plural
- Dacota
- Dacotah
- Dahcotah
- Dakhóta
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Dakota mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of the Dakota people.
- 2
A Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
- 3
Out of air-to-ground ordinance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dakota in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of the Dakota people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Dakota |
| German | Dakota |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Dakota come from?
Borrowed from Dakota dakhóta (“ally”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).