dammit
/ˈdæmɪt/
"dammit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dammit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,676
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dammit · dammit · English
dammit · rank #11,676 · 5 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,676
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH coward
Nearest frequency peer: coward (-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 “dammit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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88,325 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “dammit” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dammit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈdæmɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dammit” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dammit (IPA /ˈdæmɪt/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #11,676 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dammit, with forms such as "damimt", "dammitt", and "dammti". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "damnit", "Dalit", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Univerbation of damn + it. The correct English form is dammit, spelled D-A-M-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dammit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"
Etymology
Univerbation of damn + it.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- damimt
- dammitt
- dammti
- ddammit
- dmamit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dammit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dammit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "dammit" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "damnit". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,676 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.