Deborah

name

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The verdict

“Deborah” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,690
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin, variante orthographique de Déborah.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deborah · Deborah · French

Deborah · rank #26,690 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,690
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH darcy

Nearest frequency peer: darcy (-2 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 « Deborah »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Deborah » 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).

Deborah vs Debra
71% similar
Deborah vs déborde
43% similar

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

Key facts for Deborah
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeborah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,690
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Deborah »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Deborahse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « darcy » (#26,688), « depend » (#26,692), « damnés » (#26,687). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Deborah » est au #26,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Deborah, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,690 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin, variante orthographique de Déborah.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Deborah, with forms such as "dbeorah", "ddeborah", and "debborah". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Debra", "déborde", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Deborah, spelled D-E-B-O-R-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin, variante orthographique de Déborah.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous avons présélectionné une centaine d’émissions, diffusées ces trente dernières années, détaille Deborah Nahon, la directrice des divertissements de TF1.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbeorah
  • ddeborah
  • debborah
  • deboarh
  • deborahh
  • deborha
  • deborrah
  • debroah
  • deobrah
  • edborah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dbeorah2ddeborah1debborah1deboarh2deborahh1deborha2deborrah1debroah2
Edit distance from "Deborah"

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 "Deborah"?
"Deborah" is spelled D-E-B-O-R-A-H.
What does "Deborah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Deborah" means: Prénom féminin, variante orthographique de Déborah.
What words are commonly confused with "Deborah"?
"Deborah" is commonly confused with "Debra", "déborde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Deborah" come from?
"Deborah" 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 "Deborah", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Césaire#26,686disette#26,696coulées#26,683démêler#26,702

Similar misspelling depth

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

damnés10 variantsemphase10 variantsescales10 variantsbrassage10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list