Darius

\da.ʁjys\

/\da.ʁjys\/ name

The verdict

“Darius” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,828
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-darius · Darius · French

Darius · rank #22,828 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,828
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dalton

Nearest frequency peer: dalton (-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 « Darius »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Darius » 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).

Darius vs Davis
67% similar
Darius vs Doris
67% similar
Darius vs Driss
67% similar

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

Key facts for Darius
PropertyValue
HeadwordDarius
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\da.ʁjys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,828
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Darius »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dariusse 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 « dalton » (#22,827), « Deezer » (#22,829), « cumuler » (#22,826). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Darius » est au #22,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Darius (IPA \da.ʁjys\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,828 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Darius, with forms such as "adrius", "dairus", and "darisu". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Davis", "Doris", "Driss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Darius, spelled D-A-R-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Darius Mehrjui, cinéaste, assassiné.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adrius
  • dairus
  • darisu
  • dariuss
  • darrius
  • daruis
  • ddarius
  • draius

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Darius - 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.

adrius2dairus2darisu2dariuss1darrius1daruis2ddarius1draius2
Edit distance from "Darius"

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 "Darius"?
"Darius" is spelled D-A-R-I-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \da.ʁjys\.
What does "Darius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Darius" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Darius"?
"Darius" is commonly confused with "Davis", "Doris", "Driss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Darius"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Darius" is \da.ʁjys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Darius" come from?
"Darius" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list