# dime

> English word · Noun · IPA /daɪm/ · frequency rank #11,873

## Definitions
1. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
2. A small amount of money.
3. An assist.
4. A playing card with the rank of ten.
5. Ten dollars.
6. A thousand dollars.
7. A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
8. A ten-year prison sentence.
9. Payment responsibility.
10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
12. A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.

## Etymology
From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

## Easily confused with
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dm)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-due)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dip)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dye)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-diy)
- **dom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dom)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dis)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-din)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dre)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-div)
- **DMV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dmv)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dum)
- **DSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dsm)
- **DMs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dms)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dix)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-drm)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dit)
- **DMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dma)
- **DMZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dmz)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddime`, `diem`, `dimme`, `dmie`, `idme`

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