Dara
/ˈdɑːɹə/
"dara" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dara” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,235
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dara · Dara · English
Dara · rank #29,235 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,235
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dao
Nearest frequency peer: dao (-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 “Dara”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cyberspace
cyberspace
70,769 corpus weight
- dao
dao
70,767 corpus weight
- Dara
Dara
70,766 corpus weight
- DBS
DBS
70,765 corpus weight
- decapitated
decapitated
70,764 corpus weight
- detach
detach
70,763 corpus weight
What this shows “Dara” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Dara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɑːɹə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Dara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Dara (IPA /ˈdɑːɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,235 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dara, with forms such as "adra", "daar", and "darra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Dr", "day", "dry", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire. The correct English form is Dara, spelled D-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Irish.
- 2A female given name from Irish.
Etymology
An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adra
- daar
- darra
- ddara
- draa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dara - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dara", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).