dan
/dæn/noun, preposition
dan is spelled D-A-N: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dan means “A small truck or sledge used in coal mines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dan is dans.
How many letters and syllables are in dan?
| Letters | 3: D-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dan?
Dan appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dan?
- /dæn/
- /dɑn/
Dan has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dan.ogg, En-us-Dan.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: and, dna, nad.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dan
- dans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- 2
A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- 3
Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- 4
Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
- 5
A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- 6
A dan buoy.
- 7
obsoleteA title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of dan (title of honour).
noun
- 1
Acronym of deadenylating nuclease, a protein that binds the 5' cap of mRNA and begins degradation in the 3' to 5' direction.
- 2
Acronym of Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.
preposition
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of than.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dan come from?
Uncertain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).