dat
/dæt/determiner, conjunction, pronoun, adverb
dat is spelled D-A-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a determiner, dat means “Pronunciation spelling of that” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dat?
| Letters | 3: D-A-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 dat?
Dat appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 dat?
- /dæt/
Dat has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dat
Also written: that.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tad.
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).
What does dat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of that.
noun
- 1
Digital Audio Tape, a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.
- 2
CanadaUSAcronym of Dental Admission Test.
- 3
Initialism of dolphin-assisted therapy
- 4
Initialism of digital-asset treasury company
conjunction
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of that.
pronoun
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of that.
Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.
adverb
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of that.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dat come from?
Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).