deva
/ˈdeɪvə/noun
deva is spelled D-E-V-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deva means “A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deva is devas.
How many letters and syllables are in deva?
| Letters | 4: D-E-V-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is deva?
Deva appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce deva?
- /ˈdeɪvə/
Deva has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deva.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with deva?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as deva.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dave, veda, vade.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of deva
- devas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deva mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does deva come from?
Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).