debutante
/ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/
"debutante" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“debutante” is uncommon English (frequency #51,649 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,649
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
Corpus desk
Index EN-debutante · debutante · English
debutante · rank #51,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,649
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deathmatch
Nearest frequency peer: deathmatch (-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 “debutante”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- darshan
darshan
48,357 corpus weight
- datum
datum
48,356 corpus weight
- deathmatch
deathmatch
48,353 corpus weight
- debutante
debutante
48,352 corpus weight
- deflector
deflector
48,349 corpus weight
- dehumanizing
dehumanizing
48,348 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “debutante” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debutante |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “debutante” in English
Rare enough to double-check
debutante is uncommon English at frequency #51,649 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
debutante has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French débutante. The correct English form is debutante, spelled D-E-B-U-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
- 2A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment.
Etymology
From French débutante.
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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