Darius
/ˈdæɹi.əs/
"darius" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Darius” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,116
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
Corpus desk
Index EN-darius · Darius · English
Darius · rank #17,116 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,116
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH culprit
Nearest frequency peer: culprit (-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 “Darius”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- crabs
crabs
82,888 corpus weight
- cuddle
cuddle
82,887 corpus weight
- culprit
culprit
82,886 corpus weight
- Darius
Darius
82,885 corpus weight
- daunting
daunting
82,884 corpus weight
- demos
demos
82,883 corpus weight
What this shows “Darius” 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 | Darius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdæɹi.əs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Darius”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Darius (IPA /ˈdæɹi.əs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,116 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Darius, with forms such as "adrius", "dairus", and "darisu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Davis", "Doris", "darts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš), see it for more. The correct English form is Darius, spelled D-A-R-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
- 2A male given name from Old Persian.
- 3A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Darius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš), see it for more.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adrius
- dairus
- darisu
- dariuss
- darrius
- daruis
- ddarius
- draius
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Darius - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).