deceives
/dɪˈsiːvz/
"deceives" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deceives” is uncommon English (frequency #62,827 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,827
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of deceive
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deceives |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈsiːvz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deceives” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deceives is uncommon English at frequency #62,827 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪˈsiːvz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of deceive".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for deceives, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is deceives, spelled D-E-C-E-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of deceive
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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Using “deceives”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-C-E-I-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.