DePaul
"depaul" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“DePaul” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,182
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Italian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-depaul · DePaul · English
DePaul · rank #48,182 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,182
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dempster
Nearest frequency peer: Dempster (-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 “DePaul”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- demean
demean
51,822 corpus weight
- Dempster
Dempster
51,820 corpus weight
- DePaul
DePaul
51,819 corpus weight
- detoxificat…
detoxification
51,817 corpus weight
- diatribe
diatribe
51,815 corpus weight
- dinar
dinar
51,814 corpus weight
What this shows “DePaul” 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 | DePaul |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “DePaul”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around DePaul, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,182 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Italian.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for DePaul, with forms such as "ddepaul", "deapul", and "depalu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "detail", "derail", "deal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Americanized version of Di Paolo. The correct English form is DePaul, spelled D-E-P-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Italian.
Etymology
Americanized version of Di Paolo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddepaul
- deapul
- depalu
- depaull
- deppaul
- depual
- dpeaul
- edpaul
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of DePaul - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "DePaul", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).