# deluge

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/ · frequency rank #27,119

## Definitions
1. A great flood or rain.
2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
3. A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.

## Etymology
From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.

## Easily confused with
- **delve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluge-vs-delve)
- **deuce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluge-vs-deuce)
- **deluxe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluge-vs-deluxe)
- **dilute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluge-vs-dilute)
- **demure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluge-vs-demure)
- **debug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debug-vs-deluge)
- **Delle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delle-vs-deluge)
- **delete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delete-vs-deluge)
- **deduce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deduce-vs-deluge)
- **defuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defuse-vs-deluge)
- **deluded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deluded-vs-deluge)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddeluge`, `delgue`, `delluge`, `delueg`, `delugge`, `deulge`, `dleuge`, `edluge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deluge