daycare
/ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/
"daycare" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daycare” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,571
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daycare · daycare · English
daycare · rank #19,571 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,571
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dans
Nearest frequency peer: Dans (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “daycare”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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80,430 corpus weight
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What this shows “daycare” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daycare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “daycare”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around daycare (IPA /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,571 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for daycare, with forms such as "adycare", "dacyare", and "dayacre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 day + care. The correct English form is daycare, spelled D-A-Y-C-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
- 2A daycare centre.
Etymology
From day + care.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adycare
- dacyare
- dayacre
- daycaer
- daycarre
- dayccare
- daycrae
- dayycare
- ddaycare
- dyacare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daycare - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).