dunt
noun, verb, contraction
dunt is spelled D-U-N-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dunt means “A stroke; a dull-sounding blow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dunt is dunts.
How many letters and syllables are in dunt?
| Letters | 4: D-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dunt?
Dunt appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of dunt
- dunts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dunting participle, present
- dunted participle, past
- dun't
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dunt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA stroke; a dull-sounding blow.
- 2
UKThe disease gid or sturdy in sheep.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo strike; give a blow to; knock.
contraction
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of don't.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dunt come from?
From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).