didst
/dɪdst/
"didst" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“didst” is uncommon English (frequency #56,707 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,707
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - second-person singular simple past indicative of do
Corpus desk
Index EN-didst · didst · English
didst · rank #56,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,707
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dilate
Nearest frequency peer: dilate (+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 “didst”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deflationary
deflationary
43,300 corpus weight
- demigod
demigod
43,298 corpus weight
- DeSantis
DeSantis
43,297 corpus weight
- didst
didst
43,294 corpus weight
- dilate
dilate
43,293 corpus weight
- dray
dray
43,287 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “didst” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | didst |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪdst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “didst” in English
Rare enough to double-check
didst is uncommon English at frequency #56,707 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪdst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "second-person singular simple past indicative of do".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for didst, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is didst, spelled D-I-D-S-T.
Definition
- 1second-person singular simple past indicative of do
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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