dutiful

Name: dutiful, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dutiful” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,345
frequency rank, English: 3,470
“D” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dutiful · dutiful · English

dutiful · rank #45,345 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #45,345
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,470
PHOTO-FINISH dumbbell

Nearest frequency peer: dumbbell (-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.

drawstring

54,659
drunkenly

54,658
dumbbell

54,657
dutiful

54,656
Earhart

54,655
earshot

54,653

What this shows Bars show where “dutiful” 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).

dutiful vs dutifully

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dutiful
Property	Value
Headword	dutiful
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#45,345
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dutiful” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dutifullands here:

#45,345

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “dumbbell” (#45,344), “Earhart” (#45,346), “drunkenly” (#45,343). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dutiful, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,345 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dutiful, with forms such as "ddutiful", "dtuiful", and "duitful". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dutifully", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From duty + -ful. The correct English form is dutiful, spelled D-U-T-I-F-U-L.

Definition

1
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
2
Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dutiful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
And when blondes and beautiful are multiple / They become so dull and dutiful

Etymology

From duty + -ful.

This word in other languages

obediente(Español)dévoué(Français)pflichtbewusst(Deutsch)obediente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddutiful
dtuiful
duitful
dutfiul
dutifful
dutiflu
dutifull
dutiufl
duttiful
udtiful

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dutiful - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "dutiful"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dutiful"?

"dutiful" is spelled D-U-T-I-F-U-L.

What does "dutiful" mean?

As an adjective, "dutiful" means: Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

What words are commonly confused with "dutiful"?

"dutiful" is commonly confused with "dutifully". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "dutiful"?

From duty + -ful. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dutiful", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Earhart#45,346 earshot#45,348 elitism#45,354 entente#45,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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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.