daybook
/ˈdeɪˌbʊk/
"daybook" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daybook” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A daily chronicle; a diary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daybook · daybook · English
daybook · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daybook |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪˌbʊk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daybook” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daybook is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdeɪˌbʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for daybook, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From day + book. Cognate with Dutch dagboek (“diary, journal, logbook”), German Tagebuch (“diary, journal, daybook”), Danish dagbog (“diary”), Swedish dagbok (“diary, logbook, journal, daybook”). The correct English form is daybook, spelled D-A-Y-B-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1A daily chronicle; a diary.
- 2An accounting journal.
- 3A logbook.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daybook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a working document, a sort of lab notebook, and since I have called it a daybook, it has become the most valuable resource I have It takes me about six weeks to fill a daybook, and when I'm finished with one I go back through it and pick out anything that I need to work on in the next book.
I try to get up thirty minutes before anyone else in my house in order to have my daybook writing time.
Etymology
From day + book. Cognate with Dutch dagboek (“diary, journal, logbook”), German Tagebuch (“diary, journal, daybook”), Danish dagbog (“diary”), Swedish dagbok (“diary, logbook, journal, daybook”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.