Dard
/dɑːd/
"dard" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dard” is uncommon English (frequency #87,185 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,185
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of an ethnic group mainly from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɑːd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dard” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dard is uncommon English at frequency #87,185 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an ethnic group mainly from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dard, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the name in Dardic. The name's meaning and origin are unknown. Ancient Greek travelers mentioned a warrior group Δαδικοί (Dadikoí) or Δάρδαι (Dárdai) living in the area, Dadikai appears to be the Persian name derived from the Daradas given in the Puran… The correct English form is Dard, spelled D-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A member of an ethnic group mainly from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan.
Etymology
From the name in Dardic. The name's meaning and origin are unknown. Ancient Greek travelers mentioned a warrior group Δαδικοί (Dadikoí) or Δάρδαι (Dárdai) living in the area, Dadikai appears to be the Persian name derived from the Daradas given in the Puranic sources. Kalhana, in Rajatarangini, mentions the Darads as residing to the north of Kashmir. Also see Daradas and Sanskrit दरद (darada).
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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Using “Dard”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.