Darth
/dɑɹθ/
"darth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Darth” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,485
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used as a title or name for an evil person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-darth · Darth · English
Darth · rank #21,485 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,485
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH curses
Nearest frequency peer: curses (-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 “Darth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- crucible
crucible
78,520 corpus weight
- cryptic
cryptic
78,519 corpus weight
- curses
curses
78,517 corpus weight
- Darth
Darth
78,516 corpus weight
- deb
deb
78,515 corpus weight
- deities
deities
78,513 corpus weight
What this shows “Darth” 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 | Darth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɑɹθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Darth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Darth (IPA /dɑɹθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,485 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Used as a title or name for an evil person.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Darth, with forms such as "adrth", "darht", and "darrth". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dat", "data", "date", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development). The correct English form is Darth, spelled D-A-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1Used as a title or name for an evil person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Darth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Consider the threat of an evil hacker, Darth, who can not only eavesdrop on your network connection but also alter the messages that are sent.
[…] glaring malevolently across his desk at me in the manner that had earned him the nickname “Darth” among his elite cadre of audio penetration officers.
Etymology
From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adrth
- darht
- darrth
- darthh
- dartth
- datrh
- ddarth
- drath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Darth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).