Daws
/dɔːz/
"daws" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daws” is uncommon English (frequency #68,984 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,984
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daws · Daws · English
Daws · rank #68,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,984
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dasgupta
Nearest frequency peer: Dasgupta (-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 “Daws”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dandridge
Dandridge
31,022 corpus weight
- darknet
darknet
31,020 corpus weight
- Dasgupta
Dasgupta
31,019 corpus weight
- Daws
Daws
31,017 corpus weight
- Demosthenes
Demosthenes
31,012 corpus weight
- Deschutes
Deschutes
31,011 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Daws” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daws |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɔːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Daws” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Daws is uncommon English at frequency #68,984 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dɔːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Daws in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Daw (“diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”). The correct English form is Daws, spelled D-A-W-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From Daw (“diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).