Dallas

/ˈdæləs/

//ˈdæləs// name

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"dallas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Dallas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,478
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:

Corpus desk

Index EN-dallas · Dallas · English

Dallas · rank #3,478 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,478
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuts

Nearest frequency peer: cuts (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Dallas”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Dallas” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Dallas vs Della
67% similar
Dallas vs dally
50% similar
Dallas vs Darla
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Dallas
PropertyValue
HeadwordDallas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈdæləs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,478
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Dallas”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Dallaslands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “cuts” (#3,477), “designer” (#3,479), “cops” (#3,476). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “Dallas” is #3,478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dallas (IPA /ˈdæləs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,478 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dallas, with forms such as "adllas", "dalals", and "dalas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Della", "dally", "Darla", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: # The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“mea… The correct English form is Dallas, spelled D-A-L-L-A-S.

Definition

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    A surname.
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    A male given name transferred from the place name.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dallas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.
  2. The men, 37-year-old Matthew Allison and 34-year-old Dallas Humber, are the leaders of an online White supremacist group called the Terrorgram Collective, prosecutors say.

Etymology

# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

This word in other languages

Dallas(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adllas
  • dalals
  • dalas
  • dallass
  • dallsa
  • ddallas
  • dlalas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dallas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

adllas2dalals2dalas1dallass1dallsa2ddallas1dlalas2
Edit distance from "Dallas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dallas"?
"Dallas" is spelled D-A-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdæləs/.
What does "Dallas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dallas" means: A placename:
What words are commonly confused with "Dallas"?
"Dallas" is commonly confused with "Della", "dally", "Darla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dallas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dallas" is /ˈdæləs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Dallas"?
# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

comic7 variantsanger7 variantsIslam7 variantsplain7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list