Daoist
/ˈdaʊɪst/
"daoist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daoist” is uncommon English (frequency #82,211 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,211
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of Taoist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daoist · Daoist · English
Daoist · rank #82,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,211
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Darlinghurst
Nearest frequency peer: Darlinghurst (+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 “Daoist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cyrene
Cyrene
17,794 corpus weight
- dace
dace
17,793 corpus weight
- Dalzell
Dalzell
17,792 corpus weight
- Daoist
Daoist
17,790 corpus weight
- Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst
17,789 corpus weight
- Daron
Daron
17,788 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Daoist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daoist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdaʊɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Daoist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Daoist is uncommon English at frequency #82,211 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdaʊɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of Taoist.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Daoist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Daoist, spelled D-A-O-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of Taoist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Daoist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We reach Louguantai, the famous Daoist temple where, according to legend, the philosopher Lao Tzu wrote down the Tao Te Ching, his metaphysical map of The Way.
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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