danger zone

noun

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"danger-zone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“danger zone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines.

Key facts for danger zone
PropertyValue
Headworddanger zone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “danger zone” sits in English frequency

danger zone falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

danger zone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for danger zone, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is danger zone, spelled D-A-N-G-E-R- -Z-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines.
  2. 2
    The range of temperatures within which bacteria are likely to grow in food.
  3. 3
    The genitals.

This word in other languages

Gefahrenzone(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "danger zone"?
"danger zone" is spelled D-A-N-G-E-R- -Z-O-N-E.
What does "danger zone" mean?
As a noun, "danger zone" means: A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines.
What language does "danger zone" come from?
"danger zone" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “danger zone”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-A-N-G-E-R- -Z-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list