d
/diː/
"d" is a 1-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“d” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #327) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #327
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
Corpus desk
Index EN-d · d · English
d · rank #327 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #327
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH black
Nearest frequency peer: black (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “d”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- using
using
99,677 corpus weight
- area
area
99,676 corpus weight
- black
black
99,675 corpus weight
- d
d
99,674 corpus weight
- following
following
99,673 corpus weight
- law
law
99,672 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “d” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | d |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | /diː/ |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “d”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for d is neighbouring look-alikes ("do", "Dr", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced /diː/. Frequency #327 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Gloss: "The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for d, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "Dr", "de", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ. The correct English form is d, spelled D.
Definition
- 1The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how d appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.
Etymology
From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.
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.