dayum
[ˈdæ̙jəm]interjection
dayum is spelled D-A-Y-U-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, dayum means “Pronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dayum?
| Letters | 5: D-A-Y-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dayum?
Dayum appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 dayum?
- [ˈdæ̙jəm]
- [ˈdeəjəm]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dayum.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dayum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dayum
- dayum!
- dayumn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dayum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
slangPronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English.
Oh, man, did you see her?! Dayum! She was hella fine!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dayum come from?
Respelling of damn to reflect emphatic stress and a Southern US or African American Vernacular drawl, in which the vowel is broken into gliding vowels.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).