Debra

/\dɛbɹə\/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,379

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Debra is aFrenchname. It means: Variante de Deborah. Pronounced \dɛbɹə\. Often confused with der and déjà.

Key facts for Debra
PropertyValue
HeadwordDebra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\dɛbɹə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,379
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Debra in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Debra is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛbɹə\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,379 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de Deborah.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Debra, with forms such as "dbera", "ddebra", and "debar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "der", "déjà", "dira", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Debra, spelled D-E-B-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Deborah.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dbera,ddebra,debar,debbra,debrra,derba,edbra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Debra

Misspelling Variants of "Debra"

dbera5ddebra6debar5debbra6debrra6derba5edbra5
Misspelling Variants of "Debra"

Frequency rank: #43,379 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Debra"?
"Debra" is spelled D-E-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛbɹə\.
What does "Debra" mean?
As a name, "Debra" means: Variante de Deborah.
What words are commonly confused with "Debra"?
"Debra" is commonly confused with "der", "déjà", "dira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Debra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Debra" is \dɛbɹə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Debra" come from?
"Debra" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.