# dint

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪnt/ · frequency rank #40,214

## Definitions
1. Especially in by dint of: force, power.
2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
3. A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.

## Etymology
From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.

## Easily confused with
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dt)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-don)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dna)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dip)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dot)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-diy)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dis)
- **DNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dnc)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-div)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dun)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dix)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dit)
- **DNR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dnr)
- **DnB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dnb)
- **DMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dmt)
- **DNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dnp)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-done)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dont)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dust)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dint-vs-dirt)

## Common misspellings (5)
`dinnt`, `dintt`, `ditn`, `dnit`, `idnt`

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