# Dalit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɑːlɪt/ · frequency rank #34,455

## Definitions
1. A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi दलित (dalit, “oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destroyed”).

## Easily confused with
- **dat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dat)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dit)
- **dart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dart)
- **Daly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-daly)
- **Dani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dani)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-deli)
- **David** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-david)
- **Davis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-davis)
- **dealt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dealt)
- **digit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-digit)
- **debit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-debit)
- **Delia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-delia)
- **Dario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dario)
- **Daria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-daria)
- **dally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dally)
- **delft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-delft)
- **dammit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-dammit)
- **damnit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-damnit)
- **duality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-duality)
- **dai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dai-vs-dalit)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adlit`, `dailt`, `dalitt`, `dallit`, `dalti`, `ddalit`, `dlait`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dalit