dalet
da·let/ˈdɑː.lɪt/noun
dalet is spelled D-A-L-E-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (da·let). It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dalet means “The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dalet is dalets.
How many letters and syllables are in dalet?
| Letters | 5: D-A-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: da·let |
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 dalet?
Dalet appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 dalet?
- /ˈdɑː.lɪt/
- /ˈdɑː.lɪd/
- /ˈdɑː.lɪð/
Dalet has 2 syllables, split da·let in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-dalet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dalet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dalet.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: delta, lated.
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 dalet
- dalets plural
- daled
- daleth
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dalet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dalet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Semitic letter:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dalèt, daleth |
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 dalet come from?
From Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 (dlt, “door”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-; compare Hebrew דֶלֶת (délet). Doublet of delta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).