dimension
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "dimension", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "dimension" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "dimension" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
dimension is aEnglishnoun. It means: A single aspect of a given thing. Pronounced /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/. It ranks #6,893 in English word frequency. Often confused with diversion and dimensions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dimension |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dimension is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,893 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for dimension, with forms such as "ddimension", "diemnsion", and "dimenison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "diversion", "dimensions", "dissension", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin dīmēnsiō. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is dimension, spelled D-I-M-E-N-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A single aspect of a given thing.
- 2A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- 3A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- 4The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- 5The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- 6One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- 7Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- 8A universe or plane of existence.
Etymology
From Latin dīmēnsiō.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddimension,diemnsion,dimenison,dimennsion,dimensino,dimensionn,dimensoin,dimenssion,dimention,dimesnion,dimmension,dimnesion,dmiension,idmension
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Misspelling Variants of "dimension"
Frequency rank: #6,893 in English
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