Dante

\dɑ̃t\

/\dɑ̃t\/ name

The verdict

“Dante” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,945
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, généralement associé à Dante Alighieri.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dante · Dante · French

Dante · rank #11,945 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,945
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH crête

Nearest frequency peer: crête (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dante »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Dante » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Dante vs dont
40% similar
Dante vs Date
80% similar
Dante vs dite
40% similar

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

Key facts for Dante
PropertyValue
HeadwordDante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dɑ̃t\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,945
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dante »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dantese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crête » (#11,944), « datée » (#11,946), « croisade » (#11,943). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dante » est au #11,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dante (IPA \dɑ̃t\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,945 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, généralement associé à Dante Alighieri.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dante, with forms such as "adnte", "danet", and "dannte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dont", "Date", "dite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dante, spelled D-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, généralement associé à Dante Alighieri.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dante qui, entre nous, était un bon docteur de Bologne et avait beaucoup de lunes dans la tête, sous son bonnet pointu, Dante croyait à la vertu des nombres. Ce géomètre enflammé rêvait sur des chiffres, et sa Béatrice est une fleur d’arithmétique. Voilà tout !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnte
  • danet
  • dannte
  • dantte
  • datne
  • ddante
  • dnate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

adnte2danet2dannte1dantte1datne2ddante1dnate2
Edit distance from "Dante"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dante"?
"Dante" is spelled D-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃t\.
What does "Dante" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dante" means: Prénom masculin, généralement associé à Dante Alighieri.
What words are commonly confused with "Dante"?
"Dante" is commonly confused with "dont", "Date", "dite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dante" is \dɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dante" come from?
"Dante" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list