# Dietz

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,602

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From the Middle High German and Old High German surname, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *Þeudōrīks, related to Dietrich.

## Easily confused with
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-dit)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-dirt)
- **duet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-duet)
- **dist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-dist)
- **dint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-dint)
- **dirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-dirty)
- **ditto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-ditto)
- **ditty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dietz-vs-ditty)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/die-vs-dietz)
- **died** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/died-vs-dietz)
- **diet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dietz)
- **dies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dies-vs-dietz)
- **Diaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diaz-vs-dietz)
- **Diego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diego-vs-dietz)
- **dieter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dieter-vs-dietz)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddietz`, `deitz`, `diettz`, `dietzz`, `diezt`, `ditez`, `idetz`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dietz