dak

/dɑk/

//dɑk// noun

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The verdict

“dak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,224 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,224
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - telhado

Corpus desk

Index PT-dak · dak · Portuguese

dak · rank #76,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,224
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH célere

Nearest frequency peer: célere (-2 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “dak”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dak” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dak
PropertyValue
Headworddak
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɑk/
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,224
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “dak” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).dakcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “célere” (#76,222), “correlacionar” (#76,210), “descentralizar” (#76,242). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dak” fica em #76,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,224 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɑk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "telhado".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dak, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is dak, spelled D-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    telhado

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dak"?
"dak" is spelled D-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is /dɑk/.
What does "dak" mean?
As a noun, "dak" means: telhado
How do you pronounce "dak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dak" is /dɑk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dak" come from?
"dak" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dak", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

koe#76,473opt#76,571orm#75,771MAV#75,707

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list