Druze
/ˈdruːz/
"druze" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Druze” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,715
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-druze · Druze · English
Druze · rank #48,715 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,715
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dropper
Nearest frequency peer: dropper (-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 “Druze”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- doubleheader
doubleheader
51,291 corpus weight
- drivetrain
drivetrain
51,288 corpus weight
- dropper
dropper
51,287 corpus weight
- Druze
Druze
51,286 corpus weight
- Dvorak
Dvorak
51,285 corpus weight
- dysphoria
dysphoria
51,284 corpus weight
What this shows “Druze” 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 | Druze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdruːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Druze”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Druze (IPA /ˈdruːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,715 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Druze, with forms such as "ddruze", "drruze", and "druez". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "dude", "duke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz). The correct English form is Druze, spelled D-R-U-Z-E.
Definition
- 1A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Druze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At Acre, 15,000 Druzes elected a six-member council comprising sheiks and mukhtars, their first official representative body since the establishment of Israel.
This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddruze
- drruze
- druez
- druzze
- drzue
- durze
- rduze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Druze - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).