Delilah
/dɪˈlaɪlə/
"delilah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Delilah” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,949
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-delilah · Delilah · English
Delilah · rank #31,949 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,949
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dearth
Nearest frequency peer: dearth (-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 “Delilah”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Dario
Dario
68,055 corpus weight
- DDOS
DDOS
68,054 corpus weight
- dearth
dearth
68,053 corpus weight
- Delilah
Delilah
68,052 corpus weight
- delinquency
delinquency
68,051 corpus weight
- denominated
denominated
68,050 corpus weight
What this shows “Delilah” 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 | Delilah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈlaɪlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Delilah”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Delilah (IPA /dɪˈlaɪlə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,949 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Delilah, with forms such as "ddelilah", "deillah", and "delialh". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Della", "Delia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”). The correct English form is Delilah, spelled D-E-L-I-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.
- 2A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Delilah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
"Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddelilah
- deillah
- delialh
- delilahh
- delilha
- delillah
- delliah
- dellilah
- dleilah
- edlilah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Delilah - 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
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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).