dbh
"dbh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dbh” is uncommon English (frequency #91,403 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,403
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of diameter at breast height, a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree, measured at the supposed height above ground of an adult's breast (whi...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dbh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #91,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dbh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dbh is uncommon English at frequency #91,403 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of diameter at breast height, a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree, measured at the supposed height above ground of an adult's breast (whi...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dbh, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dbh, spelled D-B-H.
Definition
- 1Initialism of diameter at breast height, a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree, measured at the supposed height above ground of an adult's breast (which varies according to local convention from 1.3 to 1.5 metres).
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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Using “dbh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-B-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.