# Denali

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɪˈnɑːli/ · frequency rank #45,880

## Definitions
1. The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Koyukon Deenaalee (“the tall one; the high one; the great one”) (/dinæli/, variously rendered Dinale or Denali), from -naał- (“be long, tall”).

## Easily confused with
- **Desai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denali-vs-desai)
- **Donald** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denali-vs-donald)
- **dental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denali-vs-dental)
- **denial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denali-vs-denial)
- **Diwali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denali-vs-diwali)
- **deal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deal-vs-denali)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deli-vs-denali)
- **deals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deals-vs-denali)
- **dealt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealt-vs-denali)
- **decal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decal-vs-denali)
- **decals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decals-vs-denali)
- **DeKalb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dekalb-vs-denali)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddenali`, `deanli`, `denalli`, `denlai`, `dennali`, `dneali`, `ednali`

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