dermis
/ˈdɜː.mɪs/
"dermis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dermis” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,635 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,635
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dermis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɜː.mɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dermis” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dermis is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɜː.mɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,635 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dermis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”). The correct English form is dermis, spelled D-E-R-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
Etymology
From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “dermis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-R-M-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.