Diana
/daɪˈænə/
"diana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Diana” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,890
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Art...
Corpus desk
Index EN-diana · Diana · English
Diana · rank #6,890 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,890
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diamonds
Nearest frequency peer: diamonds (-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 “Diana”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- convenience
convenience
93,114 corpus weight
- deliberately
deliberately
93,113 corpus weight
- diamonds
diamonds
93,112 corpus weight
- Diana
Diana
93,111 corpus weight
- dictionary
dictionary
93,110 corpus weight
- dignity
dignity
93,109 corpus weight
What this shows “Diana” 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 | Diana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /daɪˈænə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Diana”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Diana (IPA /daɪˈænə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,890 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diana, with forms such as "daina", "ddiana", and "diaan". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DNA", "DIN", "ding", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂. Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the… The correct English form is Diana, spelled D-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
- 278 Diana, a main belt asteroid.
- 3The Moon; the Moon as a deity.
- 4A female given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.
She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂. Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daina
- ddiana
- diaan
- dianna
- dinaa
- idana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diana - 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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