Dalkeith
"dalkeith" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dalkeith” is uncommon English (frequency #83,158 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,158
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3367).
Corpus desk
Index EN-dalkeith · Dalkeith · English
Dalkeith · rank #83,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,158
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Danae
Nearest frequency peer: Danae (+1 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 “Dalkeith”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Creon
Creon
16,849 corpus weight
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crisscrossing
16,848 corpus weight
- cyclase
cyclase
16,845 corpus weight
- Dalkeith
Dalkeith
16,843 corpus weight
- Danae
Danae
16,842 corpus weight
- DBC
DBC
16,837 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dalkeith” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dalkeith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dalkeith” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dalkeith is uncommon English at frequency #83,158 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dalkeith, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Cumbric *dol (“meadow”) + *cɛ̄d (“wood, forest”). The correct English form is Dalkeith, spelled D-A-L-K-E-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3367).
- 2A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- 3A village in the township of North Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
- 4An unincorporated community in Gulf County, Florida, United States.
Etymology
From Cumbric *dol (“meadow”) + *cɛ̄d (“wood, forest”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.