Dinah
/ˈdaɪnə/
"dinah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dinah” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,427
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character)
Corpus desk
Index EN-dinah · Dinah · English
Dinah · rank #24,427 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,427
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diligently
Nearest frequency peer: diligently (-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 “Dinah”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- devolved
devolved
75,577 corpus weight
- dieting
dieting
75,576 corpus weight
- diligently
diligently
75,575 corpus weight
- Dinah
Dinah
75,574 corpus weight
- Doppler
Doppler
75,572 corpus weight
- dowry
dowry
75,571 corpus weight
What this shows “Dinah” 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 | Dinah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdaɪnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Dinah”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dinah (IPA /ˈdaɪnə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,427 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dinah, with forms such as "ddinah", "dianh", and "dinahh". 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", "dish", "ding", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין. The correct English form is Dinah, spelled D-I-N-A-H.
Definition
- 1A daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character)
- 2A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Alternative form of Dina.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dinah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Every child in the Square at once hurried and thrust and scrambled and pushed a way through the crowd, and in less than a minute Dinah and Dorinda were entirely surrounded by fifty or sixty boys and girls, all shouting […]
Etymology
From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddinah
- dianh
- dinahh
- dinha
- dinnah
- dniah
- idnah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dinah - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dinah", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).