damar

noun

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"damar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“damar” is uncommon English (frequency #96,909 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,909
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-damar · damar · English

damar · rank #96,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,909
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Czechia

Nearest frequency peer: Czechia (-2 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 “damar”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “damar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for damar
PropertyValue
Headworddamar
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “damar” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).damarfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Czechia” (#96,907), “curtained” (#96,905), “currey” (#96,904). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “damar” is #96,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

damar is uncommon English at frequency #96,909 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for damar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”). The correct English form is damar, spelled D-A-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
  2. 2
    A clear to yellow resin, obtained in Malaya from trees of the genera Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae) and Symplocos (family Symplocaceae), used in varnishes and inks
  3. 3
    Any of various hard resins, obtained especially from evergreen trees, notably of the genera Agathis (family Araucariaceae) and Hopea (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to southeast Asia, also used in varnishes and lacquers.

Etymology

From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "damar"?
"damar" is spelled D-A-M-A-R.
What does "damar" mean?
As a noun, "damar" means: A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
What is the origin of the word "damar"?
From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "damar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dater#96,914chela#96,854Dwane#96,966Cerny#96,847

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list