dango
"dango" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dango” is uncommon English (frequency #97,995 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,995
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
Corpus desk
Index EN-dango · dango · English
dango · rank #97,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,995
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dartboard
Nearest frequency peer: dartboard (+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 “dango”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dacey
Dacey
2,010 corpus weight
- dago
dago
2,009 corpus weight
- Dair
Dair
2,008 corpus weight
- dango
dango
2,006 corpus weight
- dartboard
dartboard
2,005 corpus weight
- dawdle
dawdle
2,002 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dango” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dango |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dango” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dango is uncommon English at frequency #97,995 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dango, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 団子 (dango). The correct English form is dango, spelled D-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dango appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a given day he went to the parental home of his bride to inquire after the health of the family, when they gave him some dango (dumplings) to eat.
Dango are related to mochi in that both are made from glutinous rice flour. Dango, however, tend to be dense, sticky, and not stuffed with fillings.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 団子 (dango).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).