Denis
/ˈdɛnɪs/
"denis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Denis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,575
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-denis · Denis · English
Denis · rank #12,575 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,575
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH demolition
Nearest frequency peer: demolition (-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 “Denis”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- debit
debit
87,428 corpus weight
- demolition
demolition
87,427 corpus weight
- Denis
Denis
87,426 corpus weight
- detailing
detailing
87,425 corpus weight
- differentia…
differentiate
87,424 corpus weight
- dim
dim
87,423 corpus weight
What this shows “Denis” 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 | Denis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛnɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Denis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Denis (IPA /ˈdɛnɪs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,575 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Denis, with forms such as "ddenis", "deins", and "deniss". 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, "Des", "dis", "deny", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Denis, spelled D-E-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
- 2A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Denis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shall not thou and I, between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half English, that shall go to Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddenis
- deins
- deniss
- densi
- dneis
- ednis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Denis - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Denis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).