Deaver
"deaver" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Deaver” is uncommon English (frequency #88,252 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,252
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deaver · Deaver · English
Deaver · rank #88,252 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,252
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decaffeinated
Nearest frequency peer: decaffeinated (+2 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 “Deaver”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cupids
Cupids
11,756 corpus weight
- daringly
daringly
11,754 corpus weight
- Deaver
Deaver
11,749 corpus weight
- decaffeinat…
decaffeinated
11,747 corpus weight
- DeFi
DeFi
11,744 corpus weight
- deification
deification
11,743 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Deaver” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deaver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Deaver” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Deaver is uncommon English at frequency #88,252 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Deaver, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Deaver, spelled D-E-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Deaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The only thing I can see is there's a spike all across the country," Lewisville Police Chief Kevin Deaver said.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).