# Dixie

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɪksi/ · frequency rank #17,823

## Definitions
1. The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
2. The southwestern corner of Utah.
3. A female given name transferred from the place name.
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22. A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
23. A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.
24. A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).

## Easily confused with
- **Dixon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dixie-vs-dixon)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/die-vs-dixie)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dix-vs-dixie)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dive-vs-dixie)
- **dice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dice-vs-dixie)
- **dime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dime-vs-dixie)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dire-vs-dixie)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-dixie)
- **didi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/didi-vs-dixie)
- **dike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dike-vs-dixie)
- **digi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digi-vs-dixie)
- **Diane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diane-vs-dixie)
- **digit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dixie)
- **diode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diode-vs-dixie)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-dixie)
- **divide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divide-vs-dixie)
- **Dickie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dickie-vs-dixie)
- **dioxide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dioxide-vs-dixie)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddixie`, `diixe`, `dixei`, `dixxie`, `dxiie`, `idxie`

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