diamondback
/ˈdaɪməndˌbæk/
"diamondback" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diamondback” is uncommon English (frequency #60,016 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,016
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diamondback |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdaɪməndˌbæk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diamondback” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
diamondback is uncommon English at frequency #60,016 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdaɪməndˌbæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
diamondback has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From diamond + back. The correct English form is diamondback, spelled D-I-A-M-O-N-D-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
- 2The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
Etymology
From diamond + back.
Synonyms
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 “diamondback”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-A-M-O-N-D-B-A-C-K - 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.