deacon
/ˈdiːkən/
"deacon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deacon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,339
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
Corpus desk
Index EN-deacon · deacon · English
deacon · rank #17,339 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,339
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH DEA
Nearest frequency peer: DEA (-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 “deacon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Damian
Damian
82,665 corpus weight
- dazzling
dazzling
82,664 corpus weight
- DEA
DEA
82,663 corpus weight
- deacon
deacon
82,662 corpus weight
- debuts
debuts
82,661 corpus weight
- deceived
deceived
82,660 corpus weight
What this shows “deacon” 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 | deacon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdiːkən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deacon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around deacon (IPA /ˈdiːkən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,339 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for deacon, with forms such as "daecon", "ddeacon", and "deaccon". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dean", "deco", "demon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English deken, dekne, from Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). The correct English form is deacon, spelled D-E-A-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- 2A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
- 3A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- 4An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- 5A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- 6A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
- 7A junior lodge officer.
- 8The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
- 9A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
- 10The chairman of an incorporated company.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deken, dekne, from Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daecon
- ddeacon
- deaccon
- deacno
- deaconn
- deaocn
- decaon
- edacon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deacon - 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).