dala
"dala" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dala” is uncommon English (frequency #85,152 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,152
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dala · dala · English
dala · rank #85,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,152
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH cyclamen
Nearest frequency peer: cyclamen (-6 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 “dala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- culex
culex
14,857 corpus weight
- cultist
cultist
14,856 corpus weight
- cyclamen
cyclamen
14,855 corpus weight
- dala
dala
14,849 corpus weight
- decennial
decennial
14,843 corpus weight
- declarer
declarer
14,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dala” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dala |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dala” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dala is uncommon English at frequency #85,152 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dala in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From an unassimilated equivalent of Hawaiian kālā, from English dollar. The correct English form is dala, spelled D-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a dala—given to her as a souvenir of her brother's service in the army.
Etymology
From an unassimilated equivalent of Hawaiian kālā, from English dollar.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.