dermis
/ˈdɜː.mɪs/
"dermis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dermis” is uncommon English (frequency #58,635 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,635
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dermis · dermis · English
dermis · rank #58,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,635
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dentition
Nearest frequency peer: dentition (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “dermis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Deepa
Deepa
41,370 corpus weight
- dentition
dentition
41,367 corpus weight
- dermis
dermis
41,366 corpus weight
- Diallo
Diallo
41,363 corpus weight
- dicking
dicking
41,362 corpus weight
- difficile
difficile
41,361 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dermis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “dermis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dermis is uncommon English at frequency #58,635 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɜː.mɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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