denim
/ˈdɛnɪm/
"denim" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“denim” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,508
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
Corpus desk
Index EN-denim · denim · English
denim · rank #14,508 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,508
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dependency
Nearest frequency peer: dependency (+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 “denim”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dared
dared
85,497 corpus weight
- dart
dart
85,496 corpus weight
- denim
denim
85,493 corpus weight
- dependency
dependency
85,492 corpus weight
- detecting
detecting
85,491 corpus weight
- dew
dew
85,490 corpus weight
What this shows “denim” 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 | denim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛnɪm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “denim”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around denim (IPA /ˈdɛnɪm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,508 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for denim, with forms such as "ddenim", "deinm", and "denimm". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dim", "deny", "dent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced. The correct English form is denim, spelled D-E-N-I-M.
Definition
- 1A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how denim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.
Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;
Etymology
From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddenim
- deinm
- denimm
- denmi
- dennim
- dneim
- ednim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of denim - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).