denary
/ˈdiːnəɹi/
"denary" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“denary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient coin, the denarius.
Corpus desk
Index EN-denary · denary · English
denary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdiːnəɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “denary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
denary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdiːnəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ancient coin, the denarius.".
denary has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier. The correct English form is denary, spelled D-E-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1An ancient coin, the denarius.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how denary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An hundreth denaries.
Etymology
From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.