Danville

name

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"danville" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Danville” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,113
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.

Corpus desk

Index EN-danville · Danville · English

Danville · rank #27,113 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,113
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH cusp

Nearest frequency peer: cusp (-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 “Danville”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Danville” 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).

Danville vs Daniele
75% similar
Danville vs Danielle
75% similar

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

Key facts for Danville
PropertyValue
HeadwordDanville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,113
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Danville”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Danvillelands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “cusp” (#27,112), “decoding” (#27,114), “defenseless” (#27,115). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “Danville” is #27,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Danville, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,113 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Danville, with forms such as "adnville", "danivlle", and "dannville". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Daniele", "Danielle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville. The correct English form is Danville, spelled D-A-N-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.
  3. 3
    A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Yell County.
  4. 4
    A town in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
  5. 5
    A town in Twiggs County and Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States.
  6. 6
    A city, the county seat of Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
  7. 7
    A town, the county seat of Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.
  8. 8
    A small city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.
  9. 9
    A tiny city in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
  10. 10
    A home rule city, the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States.
  11. 11
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  12. 12
    An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland.
  13. 13
    A ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.
  14. 14
    A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States.
  15. 15
    A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
  16. 16
    A village in Knox County, Ohio, United States.
  17. 17
    A borough, the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania.
  18. 18
    An unincorporated community in Gregg County, Texas, United States.
  19. 19
    A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.
  20. 20
    An independent city in Virginia, United States.
  21. 21
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington, United States.
  22. 22
    A town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
  23. 23
    An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.
  24. 24
    A suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In the original series, played at Williamsport, Pa., Taiwan won its seventh world championship in ten years. A team from P'ing-tung, a small village in southern Taiwan, beat the U.S. West champs, the San Ramon Valley Little Leaguers of Danville, Calif., 11-1 in the final game.

Etymology

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnville
  • danivlle
  • dannville
  • danvile
  • danvilel
  • danvlile
  • danvville
  • davnille
  • ddanville
  • dnaville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Danville - 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.

adnville2danivlle2dannville1danvile1danvilel2danvlile2danvville1davnille2
Edit distance from "Danville"

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 "Danville"?
"Danville" is spelled D-A-N-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Danville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Danville" means: A city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
What words are commonly confused with "Danville"?
"Danville" is commonly confused with "Daniele", "Danielle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Danville"?
Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville. 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 "Danville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

decoding#27,114crowding#27,108crossbow#27,107cropping#27,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list