# dinar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #48,187

## Definitions
1. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.
2. An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

## Etymology
From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

## Easily confused with
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dna)
- **DNR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dnr)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-ding)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dine)
- **diva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-diva)
- **dino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dino)
- **dona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dona)
- **dint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dint)
- **DINK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dink)
- **donor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-donor)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-diner)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-diver)
- **dined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dined)
- **dingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dingy)
- **dingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dingo)
- **Dinka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dinka)
- **dings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dings)
- **dinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dinky)
- **Dirac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dirac)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-dinner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddinar`, `dianr`, `dinarr`, `dinnar`, `dinra`, `dniar`, `idnar`

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