daunted
"daunted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daunted” is uncommon English (frequency #59,320 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,320
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - . Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daunted · daunted · English
daunted · rank #59,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,320
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH DDA
Nearest frequency peer: DDA (+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 “daunted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cud
cud
40,689 corpus weight
- cyclonic
cyclonic
40,686 corpus weight
- Dailey
Dailey
40,685 corpus weight
- daunted
daunted
40,681 corpus weight
- DDA
DDA
40,680 corpus weight
- debater
debater
40,678 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “daunted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daunted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daunted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daunted is uncommon English at frequency #59,320 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: ". Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.".
daunted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is daunted, spelled D-A-U-N-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1. Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how daunted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was daunted by the prospect of interviewing such a heavyweight politician.
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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