diocese
/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/
"diocese" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diocese” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,936
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diocese · diocese · English
diocese · rank #14,936 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,936
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH destroyer
Nearest frequency peer: destroyer (-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 “diocese”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- decency
decency
85,069 corpus weight
- despise
despise
85,067 corpus weight
- destroyer
destroyer
85,066 corpus weight
- diocese
diocese
85,065 corpus weight
- dispersed
dispersed
85,064 corpus weight
- doorstep
doorstep
85,062 corpus weight
What this shows “diocese” 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 | diocese |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “diocese”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around diocese (IPA /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,936 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for diocese, with forms such as "ddiocese", "dicoese", and "dioccese". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dioceses", "diocesan", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”). The correct English form is diocese, spelled D-I-O-C-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
- 2An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
Etymology
From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiocese
- dicoese
- dioccese
- diocees
- diocesse
- diocsee
- dioecse
- doicese
- idocese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diocese - 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 "diocese", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).