damselfish
/ˈdæmzəlfɪʃ/
"damselfish" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damselfish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Most fish in the Pomacentridae family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damselfish · damselfish · English
damselfish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | damselfish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdæmzəlfɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “damselfish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
damselfish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdæmzəlfɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Most fish in the Pomacentridae family.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for damselfish, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From damsel + fish. The correct English form is damselfish, spelled D-A-M-S-E-L-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Most fish in the Pomacentridae family.
Etymology
From damsel + fish.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.