dome
/dəʊm/
"dome" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dome” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,274
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dome · dome · English
dome · rank #8,274 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,274
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ditch
Nearest frequency peer: ditch (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dome”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- discretion
discretion
91,729 corpus weight
- ditch
ditch
91,728 corpus weight
- dome
dome
91,727 corpus weight
- dope
dope
91,726 corpus weight
- drought
drought
91,725 corpus weight
- ducks
ducks
91,724 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dome” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dəʊm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dome” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dome (IPA /dəʊm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,274 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dome, with forms such as "ddome", "dmoe", and "doem". 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, "due", "don", "dot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo. The correct English form is dome, spelled D-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- 2Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
- 3A person's head.
- 4head, oral sex
- 5A building; a house; an edifice.
- 6Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
- 7A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
- 8A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
- 9A press stud or snap fastener.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
geodesic dome
The heatwave, caused by what meteorologists described as a dome of high pressure, extends from California up through areas in Canada’s Arctic territories and was worsened by the human-caused climate crisis.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddome
- dmoe
- doem
- domme
- odme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dome - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dome", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "dome" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "due". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,274 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.