daw
/dɑː/noun, verb
daw is spelled D-A-W: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, daw means “A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daw is daws.
How many letters and syllables are in daw?
| Letters | 3: D-A-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 daw?
Daw appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 daw?
- UK /dɔː/
- US /dɑː/
Daw 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: En-us-daw.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with daw?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as daw from its last stressed vowel (/ɑ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wad.
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 daw
- daws plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dawing participle, present
- dawed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daw mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
- 2
obsoleteAn idiot, a simpleton; fool.
verb
- 1
To dawn.
- 2
obsoleteTo wake (someone) up.
- 3
obsoleteTo daunt; to terrify.
noun
- 1
Initialism of digital audio workstation.
verb
- 1
Initialism of dispense as written.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does daw come from?
From Middle English dawe, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Cognate with German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).