Daughtry
"daughtry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daughtry” is uncommon English (frequency #74,877 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,877
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daughtry · Daughtry · English
Daughtry · rank #74,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,877
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Danko
Nearest frequency peer: Danko (-2 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 “Daughtry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dalles
dalles
25,128 corpus weight
- dancy
dancy
25,127 corpus weight
- Danko
Danko
25,126 corpus weight
- Daughtry
Daughtry
25,124 corpus weight
- DBMS
DBMS
25,120 corpus weight
- decant
decant
25,118 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Daughtry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daughtry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Daughtry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Daughtry is uncommon English at frequency #74,877 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Daughtry, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced variant of Daughtery. The correct English form is Daughtry, spelled D-A-U-G-H-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Reduced variant of Daughtery.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).