Daws
/dɔːz/
"daws" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Daws” is uncommon English (frequency #68,984 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,984
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
| 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) |
Where “Daws” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Daws is uncommon English at frequency #68,984 among 26,416 “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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Using “Daws”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-W-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.