Dashwood
"dashwood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dashwood” is uncommon English (frequency #56,043 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,043
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dashwood · Dashwood · English
Dashwood · rank #56,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,043
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Danielson
Nearest frequency peer: Danielson (-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 “Dashwood”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crosstown
crosstown
43,965 corpus weight
- dafuq
dafuq
43,960 corpus weight
- Danielson
Danielson
43,959 corpus weight
- Dashwood
Dashwood
43,958 corpus weight
- dayan
dayan
43,956 corpus weight
- debrief
debrief
43,952 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dashwood” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dashwood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dashwood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dashwood is uncommon English at frequency #56,043 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dashwood, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of Ashwood, with fused French preposition de (“of”). The correct English form is Dashwood, spelled D-A-S-H-W-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dashwood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment.
Etymology
A variant of Ashwood, with fused French preposition de (“of”).
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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