DBMS
"dbms" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“DBMS” is uncommon English (frequency #74,881 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,881
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of database management system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dbms · DBMS · English
DBMS · rank #74,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,881
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decant
Nearest frequency peer: decant (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “DBMS”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dancy
dancy
25,127 corpus weight
- Danko
Danko
25,126 corpus weight
- Daughtry
Daughtry
25,124 corpus weight
- DBMS
DBMS
25,120 corpus weight
- decant
decant
25,118 corpus weight
- dein
dein
25,114 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “DBMS” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DBMS |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “DBMS” in English
Rare enough to double-check
DBMS is uncommon English at frequency #74,881 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of database management system.".
No misspelling variants are generated for DBMS in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is DBMS, spelled D-B-M-S.
Definition
- 1Initialism of database management system.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how DBMS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aside from the functional DBMS components described above, the logfile is a vital element in transaction management and recovery.
This word in other languages
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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