darg
/dɑːɡ/noun
darg is spelled D-A-R-G: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, darg means “A day's work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of darg is dargs.
How many letters and syllables are in darg?
| Letters | 4: D-A-R-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is darg?
Darg appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce darg?
- UK /dɑːɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with darg?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as darg from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: drag, grad, gard.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of darg
- dargs plural
- dawerk
- dawark
- daurk
- daark
- dark
- darrak
- darroch
- dargue
- daurg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does darg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA day's work.
- 2
ScotlandA defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate of payment; a task.
- 3
informalInformal form of dog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does darg come from?
First attested in late Middle English; a syncopic form of daywork, developed through the series of forms: daywork → daywerk → daywark → dawark → *da’ark → dark → darg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).