# Dirac

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɪˈræk/ · frequency rank #47,581

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.

## Etymology
From the French surname Dirac, probably from the French town by that name in Charente, from Medieval Latin Adiraco, Dyracum, from a Gallo-Roman name, Latin Atirius (a derivative of Atilius), or alternatively a Frankish/Germanic name *Adarus, in either case with the common Gallo-Roman nominal suffix -acum.

## Easily confused with
- **DRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-drc)
- **draw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-draw)
- **drag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-drag)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dirt)
- **disc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-disc)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dire)
- **dirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dirk)
- **diva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-diva)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dora)
- **drab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-drab)
- **dram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dram)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dura)
- **dirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-dirty)
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-duran)
- **draco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-draco)
- **Doran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-doran)
- **direct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirac-vs-direct)
- **DAC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dac-vs-dirac)
- **dial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dial-vs-dirac)
- **Diaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diaz-vs-dirac)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddirac`, `diarc`, `diracc`, `dirca`, `dirrac`, `driac`, `idrac`

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