daylights

/ˈdeɪlaɪts/

//ˈdeɪlaɪts// noun

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"daylights" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“daylights” is uncommon English (frequency #60,003 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,003
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of daylight

Corpus desk

Index EN-daylights · daylights · English

daylights · rank #60,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,003
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Darnley

Nearest frequency peer: Darnley (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “daylights”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “daylights” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daylights
PropertyValue
Headworddaylights
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdeɪlaɪts/
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,003
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “daylights” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).daylightsfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Darnley” (#60,002), “Darian” (#60,001), “deets” (#60,005). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “daylights” is #60,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daylights is uncommon English at frequency #60,003 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdeɪlaɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

daylights doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is daylights, spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of daylight
  2. 2
    A person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting).
  3. 3
    Mental soundness; wits; consciousness.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how daylights appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights.
  2. It scared the daylights out of us!

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daylights"?
"daylights" is spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdeɪlaɪts/.
What does "daylights" mean?
As a noun, "daylights" means: plural of daylight
How do you pronounce "daylights"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daylights" is /ˈdeɪlaɪts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daylights" come from?
"daylights" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daylights", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

defeatist#60,006definable#60,007Deschanel#60,010Coquitlam#59,982

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list