# Denning

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,086

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A town in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States.
3. A town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* English patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Dynna.
* Borrowed from German Denning, a habitational surname from a place in Bavaria.

## Easily confused with
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-dining)
- **Dennis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-dennis)
- **denying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-denying)
- **downing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-downing)
- **dunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-dunning)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-denning)
- **dancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancing-vs-denning)
- **damning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damning-vs-denning)
- **dawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-denning)
- **delving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delving-vs-denning)
- **decking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decking-vs-denning)
- **deeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deeming-vs-denning)
- **defining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-denning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddenning`, `dening`, `deninng`, `dennign`, `denningg`, `denninng`, `dennnig`, `dnening`, `ednning`

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