deodorant
/diˈəʊ.də.ɹənt/
"deodorant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deodorant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,726
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deodorant · deodorant · English
deodorant · rank #24,726 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,726
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH democratically
Nearest frequency peer: democratically (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “deodorant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- decisively
decisively
75,279 corpus weight
- degeneration
degeneration
75,278 corpus weight
- delinquent
delinquent
75,277 corpus weight
- democratica…
democratically
75,276 corpus weight
- deodorant
deodorant
75,275 corpus weight
- disapprove
disapprove
75,272 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “deodorant” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deodorant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diˈəʊ.də.ɹənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deodorant” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around deodorant (IPA /diˈəʊ.də.ɹənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,726 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for deodorant, with forms such as "ddeodorant", "dedoorant", and "deoddorant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor. By surface analysis, de- + odor + -ant. The correct English form is deodorant, spelled D-E-O-D-O-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
- 2Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
Etymology
From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor. By surface analysis, de- + odor + -ant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeodorant
- dedoorant
- deoddorant
- deodoarnt
- deodorannt
- deodorantt
- deodoratn
- deodornat
- deodorrant
- deodroant
- deoodrant
- doedorant
- edodorant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deodorant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deodorant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.