# daze

> English word · Noun · IPA /deɪz/ · frequency rank #33,197

## Definitions
1. The state of being dazed
2. A glittering stone.

## Etymology
From Middle English, back-formation from dazed.
Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber.
Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

## Easily confused with
- **de** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-de)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-due)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-die)
- **Dee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dee)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dye)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dre)
- **DBZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dbz)
- **DMZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dmz)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-done)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dude)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-duke)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dose)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dive)
- **dome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dome)
- **dope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dope)
- **dice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dice)
- **dove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dove)
- **dime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dime)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daze-vs-dire)

## Common misspellings (5)
`adze`, `daez`, `dazze`, `ddaze`, `dzae`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/daze