dearie
/ˈdɪəɹi/
"dearie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dearie” is uncommon English (frequency #62,825 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,825
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is dear; sweetie.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dearie · dearie · English
dearie · rank #62,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,825
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deaconess
Nearest frequency peer: deaconess (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “dearie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Davinci
Davinci
37,180 corpus weight
- dawa
dawa
37,179 corpus weight
- deaconess
deaconess
37,177 corpus weight
- dearie
dearie
37,176 corpus weight
- deceives
deceives
37,174 corpus weight
- decimation
decimation
37,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dearie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dearie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪəɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dearie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dearie is uncommon English at frequency #62,825 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is dear; sweetie.".
dearie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dear + -ie. The correct English form is dearie, spelled D-E-A-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1A person who is dear; sweetie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dearie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze."
Etymology
From dear + -ie.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).