Danby
"danby" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Danby” is uncommon English (frequency #57,966 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,966
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-danby · Danby · English
Danby · rank #57,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,966
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Datta
Nearest frequency peer: Datta (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Danby”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- counterparty
counterparty
42,041 corpus weight
- crier
crier
42,040 corpus weight
- cringeworthy
cringeworthy
42,039 corpus weight
- Danby
Danby
42,035 corpus weight
- Datta
Datta
42,034 corpus weight
- dau
dau
42,033 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Danby” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Danby |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Danby” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Danby is uncommon English at frequency #57,966 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Danby has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby. The correct English form is Danby, spelled D-A-N-B-Y.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A placename:
- 5A placename:
- 6A habitational surname.
Etymology
From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.
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.
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