Dinah

\di.na\

/\di.na\/ name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Dinah” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,420
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 féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dinah · Dinah · French

Dinah · rank #44,420 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,420
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diktat

Nearest frequency peer: diktat (-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 « Dinah »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Dinah » 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).

Dinah vs DNA
20% similar
Dinah vs dira
40% similar
Dinah vs Diva
60% similar

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

Key facts for Dinah
PropertyValue
HeadwordDinah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\di.na\
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,420
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dinah »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « diktat » (#44,419), « diplômées » (#44,421), « digestives » (#44,418). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dinah » est au #44,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dinah (IPA \di.na\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,420 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dinah, with forms such as "ddinah", "dianh", and "dinahh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DNA", "dira", "Diva", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Dinah, spelled D-I-N-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. de Clagny, maladroit comme un patito, venait de se faire le bourreau de Dinah !
  2. Les archives, elles, sont une affaire de connoisseurs, c’est-à-dire, « des consommateurs qui suivent la marque, qui la connaissent, mais ne sont pas forcément des clients, et attendent patiemment ces moments de vente bradée pour s’offrir une des pièces », explicite Dinah Sultan.

This word in other languages

Dinah(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddinah
  • dianh
  • dinahh
  • dinha
  • dinnah
  • dniah
  • idnah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddinah1dianh2dinahh1dinha2dinnah1dniah2idnah2
Edit distance from "Dinah"

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 "Dinah"?
"Dinah" is spelled D-I-N-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \di.na\.
What does "Dinah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dinah" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Dinah"?
"Dinah" is commonly confused with "DNA", "dira", "Diva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dinah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dinah" is \di.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dinah" come from?
"Dinah" 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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

curly#44,407croce#44,404fatwa#44,458flame#44,462

Similar misspelling depth

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

gazer7 variantsgolem7 variantshayon7 variantsHelga7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list