developers
/dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)z/
"developers" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“developers” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,938
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of developer
Corpus desk
Index EN-developers · developers · English
developers · rank #4,938 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,938
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH departure
Nearest frequency peer: departure (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “developers”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- custody
custody
95,067 corpus weight
- delete
delete
95,066 corpus weight
- demonstrated
demonstrated
95,065 corpus weight
- departure
departure
95,064 corpus weight
- developers
developers
95,063 corpus weight
- dig
dig
95,061 corpus weight
What this shows “developers” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | developers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)z/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “developers”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around developers (IPA /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)z/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,938 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of developer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for developers, with forms such as "ddevelopers", "deevlopers", and "devellopers". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "developed", "developer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is developers, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of developer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevelopers
- deevlopers
- devellopers
- develoeprs
- developerrs
- developerss
- developesr
- developpers
- developres
- develpoers
- deveolpers
- devleopers
- devvelopers
- dveelopers
- edvelopers
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of developers - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "developers", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).