# denim

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛnɪm/ · frequency rank #14,508

## Definitions
1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

## Etymology
From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

## Easily confused with
- **dim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dim)
- **deny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-deny)
- **dent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dent)
- **Desi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-desi)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-devi)
- **dens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dens)
- **devil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-devil)
- **dense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dense)
- **Denis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-denis)
- **Devin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-devin)
- **dents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dents)
- **Dennis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-dennis)
- **Denise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denim-vs-denise)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/den-vs-denim)
- **dem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dem-vs-denim)
- **DEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dei-vs-denim)
- **Dani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dani-vs-denim)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deli-vs-denim)
- **deem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deem-vs-denim)
- **Deng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deng-vs-denim)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddenim`, `deinm`, `denimm`, `denmi`, `dennim`, `dneim`, `ednim`

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