Deborah
/ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/
"deborah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Deborah” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,751
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A judge of Israel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deborah · Deborah · English
Deborah · rank #12,751 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,751
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH darn
Nearest frequency peer: darn (-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 “Deborah”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- CV
CV
87,253 corpus weight
- Dante
Dante
87,252 corpus weight
- darn
darn
87,251 corpus weight
- Deborah
Deborah
87,250 corpus weight
- decks
decks
87,249 corpus weight
- differing
differing
87,247 corpus weight
What this shows “Deborah” 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 | Deborah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Deborah”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Deborah (IPA /ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,751 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Deborah, with forms such as "dbeorah", "ddeborah", and "debborah". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Debra", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew דְבוֹרָה (dvorá), meaning bee. The correct English form is Deborah, spelled D-E-B-O-R-A-H.
Definition
- 1A judge of Israel.
- 2A nurse of Rebecca.
- 3A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Deborah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Rapier. Heigho! Deborah! it's an ugly name, a damnable name - the name I mean! - it sounds like Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like it! - Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!
Etymology
From Hebrew דְבוֹרָה (dvorá), meaning bee.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbeorah
- ddeborah
- debborah
- deboarh
- deborahh
- deborha
- deborrah
- debroah
- deobrah
- edborah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Deborah - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Deborah", 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).