didst
/dɪdst/
"didst" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“didst” is uncommon English (frequency #56,707 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,707
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - second-person singular simple past indicative of do
| 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) |
Where “didst” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
didst is uncommon English at frequency #56,707 among 26,416 “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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Using “didst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-D-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪdst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.