Dard
/dɑːd/
"dard" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dard” is uncommon English (frequency #87,185 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,185
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of an ethnic group mainly from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dard · Dard · English
Dard · rank #87,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,185
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dati
Nearest frequency peer: dati (+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 “Dard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cully
cully
12,822 corpus weight
- Dard
Dard
12,816 corpus weight
- dati
dati
12,815 corpus weight
- Datong
Datong
12,813 corpus weight
- deathcore
deathcore
12,810 corpus weight
- deathtrap
deathtrap
12,809 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Dard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dard is uncommon English at frequency #87,185 among 3,470 “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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