dict
"dict" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dict” is uncommon English (frequency #74,029 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,029
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A saying; a statement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dict · dict · English
dict · rank #74,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,029
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH desiccation
Nearest frequency peer: desiccation (-4 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 “dict”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- depositional
depositional
25,978 corpus weight
- deregulate
deregulate
25,977 corpus weight
- desiccation
desiccation
25,976 corpus weight
- dict
dict
25,972 corpus weight
- dispirited
dispirited
25,967 corpus weight
- disrespectf…
disrespectfully
25,966 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dict” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dict |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dict” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dict is uncommon English at frequency #74,029 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A saying; a statement.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dict in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dicte, from Latin dictum. Doublet of dictum. The correct English form is dict, spelled D-I-C-T.
Definition
- 1A saying; a statement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dict appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And accoꝛdyng to theyꝛe dictys reherſyd as thus […]
In the deſcription of King Priams ſtate, we must needes imagine it great, where ſo many forraigne Kings aſſembled in his ayde, in whoſe names we haue confer’d Dares, the Troian Dictes, the Greeke Homer, Virgill, and others, who though in ſome particuler thinges (not momentarily they differ) yet they generally concurre in this, that ſuch Princes with ſuch…
Etymology
From Middle English dicte, from Latin dictum. Doublet of dictum.
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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