Dervish
/ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/
"dervish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dervish” is uncommon English (frequency #59,340 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,340
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dervish · Dervish · English
Dervish · rank #59,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,340
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deride
Nearest frequency peer: deride (-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 “Dervish”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- depreciating
depreciating
40,664 corpus weight
- deputation
deputation
40,663 corpus weight
- deride
deride
40,662 corpus weight
- Dervish
Dervish
40,661 corpus weight
- Devereaux
Devereaux
40,660 corpus weight
- Dewsbury
Dewsbury
40,658 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dervish” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dervish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dervish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dervish is uncommon English at frequency #59,340 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Dervish has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش (darviš). The correct English form is Dervish, spelled D-E-R-V-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
- 2A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
Etymology
From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش (darviš).
This word in other languages
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).