dexter
/ˈdɛks.tə/
"dexter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dexter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,957
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-dexter · dexter · English
dexter · rank #12,957 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,957
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disappearing
Nearest frequency peer: disappearing (+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 “dexter”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- curly
curly
87,048 corpus weight
- debated
debated
87,047 corpus weight
- degradation
degradation
87,046 corpus weight
- dexter
dexter
87,044 corpus weight
- disappearing
disappearing
87,043 corpus weight
- duh
duh
87,040 corpus weight
What this shows “dexter” 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 | dexter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɛks.tə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dexter”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dexter (IPA /ˈdɛks.tə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,957 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dexter, with forms such as "ddexter", "detxer", and "dexetr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dieter", "duster", "deer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”). The correct English form is dexter, spelled D-E-X-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dexter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:
Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddexter
- detxer
- dexetr
- dexterr
- dextre
- dextter
- dexxter
- dxeter
- edxter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dexter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).