dance of the seven veils
"dance-of-the-seven-veils" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dance of the seven veils” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A striptease performance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dance of the seven veils |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dance of the seven veils” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dance of the seven veils is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dance of the seven veils in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Based on the Biblical description (Mark 6:22) of a salacious dance performed (by Salome, according to tradition) in the court of King Herod. The precise term "dance of the seven veils" was reportedly first used in the stage directions of Oscar Wilde's play … The correct English form is dance of the seven veils, spelled D-A-N-C-E- -O-F- -T-H-E- -S-E-V-E-N- -V-E-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1A striptease performance.
- 2The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.
Etymology
Based on the Biblical description (Mark 6:22) of a salacious dance performed (by Salome, according to tradition) in the court of King Herod. The precise term "dance of the seven veils" was reportedly first used in the stage directions of Oscar Wilde's play Salome (1891).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dance of the seven veils”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-N-C-E- -O-F- -T-H-E- -S-E-V-E-N- -V-E-I-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.