dearest
/ˈdɪəɹɪst/
"dearest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dearest” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,681
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of dear: most dear
Corpus desk
Index EN-dearest · dearest · English
dearest · rank #16,681 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,681
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dealership
Nearest frequency peer: dealership (-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 “dearest”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cyril
Cyril
83,322 corpus weight
- dealership
dealership
83,321 corpus weight
- dearest
dearest
83,320 corpus weight
- decker
decker
83,319 corpus weight
- defy
defy
83,318 corpus weight
- Della
Della
83,317 corpus weight
What this shows “dearest” 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 | dearest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɪəɹɪst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dearest”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dearest (IPA /ˈdɪəɹɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,681 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of dear: most dear".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dearest, with forms such as "daerest", "ddearest", and "deaerst". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "detest", "deepest", "depress", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dearest, spelled D-E-A-R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of dear: most dear
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dearest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daerest
- ddearest
- deaerst
- dearesst
- dearestt
- dearets
- dearrest
- dearset
- deraest
- edarest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dearest - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dearest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).