dependant
/dɪˈpɛndənt/
"dependant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dependant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,133
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of dependent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dependant · dependant · English
dependant · rank #31,133 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,133
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dep
Nearest frequency peer: dep (-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 “dependant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- deepwater
deepwater
68,871 corpus weight
- dep
dep
68,869 corpus weight
- dependant
dependant
68,868 corpus weight
- depository
depository
68,867 corpus weight
- deuce
deuce
68,866 corpus weight
- diagonally
diagonally
68,865 corpus weight
What this shows “dependant” 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 | dependant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈpɛndənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dependant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around dependant (IPA /dɪˈpɛndənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,133 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dependant, with forms such as "ddependant", "deepndant", and "depednant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "depending", "dependent", "descendant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is dependant, spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of dependent.
- 2Misspelling of dependent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dependant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddependant
- deepndant
- depednant
- depenadnt
- dependannt
- dependantt
- dependatn
- dependdant
- dependnat
- depenndant
- depnedant
- deppendant
- dpeendant
- edpendant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dependant - 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 "dependant", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).