Davies
/ˈdeɪvɪs/
"davies" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Davies” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,905. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,905
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
Corpus desk
Index EN-davies · Davies · English
Davies · rank #7,905 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,905
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH darker
Nearest frequency peer: darker (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Davies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cuban
Cuban
92,099 corpus weight
- cycles
cycles
92,098 corpus weight
- darker
darker
92,097 corpus weight
- Davies
Davies
92,096 corpus weight
- descent
descent
92,095 corpus weight
- desktop
desktop
92,094 corpus weight
What this shows “Davies” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Davies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪvɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Davies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Davies (IPA /ˈdeɪvɪs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,905 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Davies, with forms such as "daives", "daveis", and "daviess". 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, "dies", "Davis", "dives", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Davies, spelled D-A-V-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Davies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daives
- daveis
- daviess
- davvies
- ddavies
- dvaies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Davies - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Davies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).