Deleuze
/dəˈluːz/
"deleuze" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Deleuze” is uncommon English (frequency #54,734 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,734
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French
Corpus desk
Index EN-deleuze · Deleuze · English
Deleuze · rank #54,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,734
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH demilitarized
Nearest frequency peer: demilitarized (+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 “Deleuze”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- decompress
decompress
45,271 corpus weight
- Deering
Deering
45,270 corpus weight
- Deleuze
Deleuze
45,267 corpus weight
- demilitariz…
demilitarized
45,266 corpus weight
- detestable
detestable
45,264 corpus weight
- Diggin
Diggin
45,263 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Deleuze” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deleuze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dəˈluːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Deleuze” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Deleuze is uncommon English at frequency #54,734 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dəˈluːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from French".
Deleuze has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Deleuze. The correct English form is Deleuze, spelled D-E-L-E-U-Z-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from French
Etymology
From French Deleuze.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).