Daman
/dəˈmɑːn/
"daman" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daman” is uncommon English (frequency #79,433 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,433
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daman · Daman · English
Daman · rank #79,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,433
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH datura
Nearest frequency peer: datura (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Daman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Curragh
Curragh
20,571 corpus weight
- dacha
dacha
20,570 corpus weight
- Daman
Daman
20,568 corpus weight
- datura
datura
20,567 corpus weight
- Davila
Davila
20,566 corpus weight
- deeps
deeps
20,564 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Daman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dəˈmɑːn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Daman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Daman is uncommon English at frequency #79,433 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dəˈmɑːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Daman in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: *The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas. The correct English form is Daman, spelled D-A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
- 2A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
- 3A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Etymology
*The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.
This word in other languages
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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