Davidson

name

The verdict

“Davidson” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,905. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,905
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille anglophone.

Key facts for Davidson
PropertyValue
HeadwordDavidson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,905
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Davidson” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Davidson lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Davidson, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,905 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglophone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Davidson, with forms such as "advidson", "daivdson", and "davdison". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Davidson, spelled D-A-V-I-D-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglophone.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: advidson,daivdson,davdison,daviddson,davidosn,davidsno,davidsonn,davidsson,davisdon,davvidson,ddavidson,dvaidson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

advidson2daivdson2davdison2daviddson1davidosn2davidsno2davidsonn1davidsson1
Edit distance from "Davidson"

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 "Davidson"?
"Davidson" is spelled D-A-V-I-D-S-O-N.
What does "Davidson" mean?
As a proper noun, "Davidson" means: Nom de famille anglophone.
What are common misspellings of "Davidson"?
Common misspellings include "advidson", "daivdson", "davdison", "daviddson", "davidosn". The correct spelling is "Davidson".
What language does "Davidson" come from?
"Davidson" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Davidson”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-A-V-I-D-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list