daunt
/dɔnt/verb
daunt is spelled D-A-U-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, daunt means “To discourage, intimidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in daunt?
| Letters | 5: D-A-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 daunt?
Daunt appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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 daunt?
- UK /dɔːnt/
- US /dɔnt/
- /dɑnt/
Daunt 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-daunt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with daunt?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as daunt from its last stressed vowel (/ɔnt/):
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 daunt
- daunts present, singular, he/she/it
- daunting participle, present
- daunted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daunt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To discourage, intimidate.
- 2
To overwhelm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Daunt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décourager, intimider, démonter |
| German | abschrecken, entmutigen, einschüchtern , überwältigen |
| Portuguese | desencorajar, desaconselhar |
| Spanish | descorazonar, intimidar, amedrentar, amilanar , agobiar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does daunt come from?
From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).