deluxe
/dəˈlʌks/
"deluxe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deluxe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,837
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very fine in quality or luxurious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deluxe · deluxe · English
deluxe · rank #10,837 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,837
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Damon
Nearest frequency peer: Damon (-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 “deluxe”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- contributor
contributor
89,167 corpus weight
- CPU
CPU
89,166 corpus weight
- Damon
Damon
89,165 corpus weight
- deluxe
deluxe
89,164 corpus weight
- devastated
devastated
89,163 corpus weight
- disguise
disguise
89,161 corpus weight
What this shows “deluxe” 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 | deluxe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dəˈlʌks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deluxe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around deluxe (IPA /dəˈlʌks/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,837 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Very fine in quality or luxurious.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for deluxe, with forms such as "ddeluxe", "delluxe", and "deluex". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "delve", "deuce", "dilute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French de luxe (“of luxury”), from Latin luxus (“excess”). The correct English form is deluxe, spelled D-E-L-U-X-E.
Definition
- 1Very fine in quality or luxurious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deluxe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The band released a deluxe version of their LP, containing bonus tracks and with a personal message by all the members in the sleeve.
“I have here, sir,” he said, “one of the deluxest editions de luxe now in print. Observe the handsome tree calf binding, notice the gold gilt crinkle edges and stand aghast with admiration before the profuse and artistic illustrations.”
Etymology
Borrowed from French de luxe (“of luxury”), from Latin luxus (“excess”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeluxe
- delluxe
- deluex
- deluxxe
- delxue
- deulxe
- dleuxe
- edluxe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deluxe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).