David
/ˈdeɪvɪd/
"david" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“David” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #763
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-david · David · English
David · rank #763 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #763
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH countries
Nearest frequency peer: countries (-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 “David”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- amount
amount
99,241 corpus weight
- blue
blue
99,240 corpus weight
- countries
countries
99,239 corpus weight
- David
David
99,238 corpus weight
- drive
drive
99,237 corpus weight
- eat
eat
99,236 corpus weight
What this shows “David” 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 | David |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪvɪd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “David”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around David (IPA /ˈdeɪvɪd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #763 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for David, with forms such as "advid", "daivd", and "davdi". 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, "did", "DVD", "Davy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”). The correct English form is David, spelled D-A-V-I-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
- 3A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
- 4A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
- 5A place name:
- 6A place name:
- 7A place name:
- 8A place name:
- 9A place name:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how David appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
David Copperfield. Dwight David Eisenhower. Michelangelo's David. None of these Davids would seem the same if their names were Dave. David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David? I think you look like a David, you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
Etymology
From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- advid
- daivd
- davdi
- davidd
- davvid
- ddavid
- dvaid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of David - 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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Same letter count
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