Great Dane
"great-dane" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Great Dane” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Great Dane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Great Dane” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Great Dane is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Great Dane in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Great Dane, spelled G-R-E-A-T- -D-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Great Dane”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-R-E-A-T- -D-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.