damask
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "damask", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "damask" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "damask" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
damask is aEnglishnoun. It means: An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus. Pronounced /ˈdæm.əsk/.
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| Headword | damask |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdæm.əsk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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The English entry for damask is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdæm.əsk/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,481 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for damask in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is damask, spelled D-A-M-A-S-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- 2Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
- 3A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
- 4Damascus steel.
- 5The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
- 6A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
- 7A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
Etymology
From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.
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Frequency rank: #53,481 in English
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