daresay
/ˌdɛəˈseɪ/
"daresay" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daresay” is uncommon English (frequency #53,484 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,484
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daresay · daresay · English
daresay · rank #53,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,484
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deceiver
Nearest frequency peer: deceiver (+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 “daresay”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- damask
damask
46,520 corpus weight
- damme
damme
46,519 corpus weight
- daresay
daresay
46,517 corpus weight
- deceiver
deceiver
46,516 corpus weight
- delimited
delimited
46,512 corpus weight
- delish
delish
46,511 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “daresay” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daresay |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌdɛəˈseɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daresay” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daresay is uncommon English at frequency #53,484 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌdɛəˈseɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
daresay doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dare say: dare (“to have enough courage (to do something)”) + say. The correct English form is daresay, spelled D-A-R-E-S-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert.
- 2Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker believes something is likely to be the case); to think something probable; to presume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daresay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[H]e daresays he has had conversations with Goodfellow after the sale of the property, and Goodfellow seemed satisfied that the declarant was to get payment of his money.
Are you going to stay up all night? I daresay that I am.
Etymology
From dare say: dare (“to have enough courage (to do something)”) + say.
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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