daybreak
/ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/noun
daybreak is spelled D-A-Y-B-R-E-A-K: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, daybreak means “The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daybreak is daybreaks.
How many letters and syllables are in daybreak?
| Letters | 8: D-A-Y-B-R-E-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is daybreak?
Daybreak appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 daybreak?
- UK /ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/
Daybreak has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-daybreak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of daybreak
- daybreaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daybreak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Daybreak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dawn:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | point du jour |
| German | Tagesanbruch |
| Portuguese | amanhecer, raiar do sol, nascer do sol, aurora |
| Spanish | amanecer |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does daybreak come from?
From day + break.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).