Devdas
"devdas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Devdas” is uncommon English (frequency #89,291 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,291
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grieving male lover.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devdas · Devdas · English
Devdas · rank #89,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,291
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dess
Nearest frequency peer: dess (-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 “Devdas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- delamination
delamination
10,718 corpus weight
- dess
dess
10,711 corpus weight
- Devdas
Devdas
10,710 corpus weight
- Diemen
Diemen
10,706 corpus weight
- diol
diol
10,702 corpus weight
- disses
disses
10,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Devdas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Devdas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Devdas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Devdas is uncommon English at frequency #89,291 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A grieving male lover.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Devdas in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi देवदास (devdās) or Bengali দেবদাস (debdaś), the name of the male lead in the 1917 Bengali-language story Devdas, readapted several times since. The correct English form is Devdas, spelled D-E-V-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1A grieving male lover.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Devdas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I don't know," he had said and sighed, Devdas style: "I don't know," Everyone wants to be a Devdas, at least for a while — or perhaps only for a while. Tragic hero.
It reminds me very much of the Devdas character that so suffuses Indian cinema, not just in the 1935 and 1955 film versions, but as a 'Devdas effect' in Hindi melodramas, especially those of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi देवदास (devdās) or Bengali দেবদাস (debdaś), the name of the male lead in the 1917 Bengali-language story Devdas, readapted several times since.
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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