dein
/ˈdiːɪn/
"dein" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dein” is uncommon English (frequency #74,887 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,887
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle of de
Corpus desk
Index EN-dein · dein · English
dein · rank #74,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,887
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH delisting
Nearest frequency peer: delisting (+2 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 “dein”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- DBMS
DBMS
25,120 corpus weight
- decant
decant
25,118 corpus weight
- dein
dein
25,114 corpus weight
- delisting
delisting
25,112 corpus weight
- demoralize
demoralize
25,111 corpus weight
- depute
depute
25,109 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dein” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dein |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈdiːɪn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dein” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dein is uncommon English at frequency #74,887 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈdiːɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle of de".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dein, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is dein, spelled D-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1present participle of de
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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