Deuteronomy
/djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/
"deuteronomy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Deuteronomy” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #34,017 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #34,017
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deuteronomy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Deuteronomy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Deuteronomy is 11 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,017 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Deuteronomy, with forms such as "ddeuteronomy", "detueronomy", and "deuetronomy". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the name which the book bears in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion), from δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ιον (-ion), and in the Vulgate Latin Deuteronomium). This is based upon the erroneous Septuagint … The correct English form is Deuteronomy, spelled D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y.
Definition
- 1The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
Etymology
From the name which the book bears in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion), from δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ιον (-ion), and in the Vulgate Latin Deuteronomium). This is based upon the erroneous Septuagint rendering of משנה התורה הזאת (mishneh ha-torah ha-zot) (17:18), which grammatically can mean only "a repetition [that is, a copy] of this law," but which is rendered by the Septuagint τὸ Δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο (tò Deuteronómion toûto), as though the expression meant "this repetition of the law."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddeuteronomy,detueronomy,deuetronomy,deuteornomy,deuternoomy,deuteronmoy,deuteronnomy,deuteronommy,deuteronomyy,deuteronoym,deuteroonmy,deuterronomy,deutreonomy,deutteronomy,dueteronomy,eduteronomy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Deuteronomy - 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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Using “Deuteronomy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.