# dense

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɛns/ · frequency rank #7,335

## Definitions
1. Having relatively high density.
2. Compact; crowded together.
3. Thick; difficult to penetrate.
4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
5. Obscure or difficult to understand.
6. Such that its closure in T is T.
7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)

## Etymology
From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)).

## Easily confused with
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-des)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-done)
- **desk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-desk)
- **deny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-deny)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dose)
- **dent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dent)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dine)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dune)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dons)
- **Desi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-desi)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-devs)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dunne)
- **deuce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-deuce)
- **dents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dents)
- **Donne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-donne)
- **douse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-douse)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-denver)
- **devise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-devise)
- **Denzel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-denzel)
- **dented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dense-vs-dented)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddense`, `denes`, `dennse`, `densse`, `desne`, `dnese`, `ednse`

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