Bevis
/ˈbivɪs/
"bevis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bevis” is uncommon English (frequency #84,018 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,018
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An English habitational surname of Norman French origin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bevis · Bevis · English
Bevis · rank #84,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,018
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bernat
Nearest frequency peer: Bernat (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Bevis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Benicio
Benicio
15,987 corpus weight
- Bernat
Bernat
15,984 corpus weight
- Bevis
Bevis
15,983 corpus weight
- Bhalla
Bhalla
15,982 corpus weight
- Biao
Biao
15,981 corpus weight
- biller
biller
15,979 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bevis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bevis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbivɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bevis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bevis is uncommon English at frequency #84,018 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbivɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Bevis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the French town Beauvais. The correct English form is Bevis, spelled B-E-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1An English habitational surname of Norman French origin.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
Etymology
From the French town Beauvais.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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