devi
/ˈdeɪvi/
"devi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,397
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devi · devi · English
devi · rank #26,397 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,397
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH destitute
Nearest frequency peer: destitute (-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 “devi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- decrees
decrees
73,608 corpus weight
- deliverance
deliverance
73,606 corpus weight
- destitute
destitute
73,605 corpus weight
- devi
devi
73,604 corpus weight
- dexterity
dexterity
73,603 corpus weight
- dilution
dilution
73,601 corpus weight
What this shows “devi” 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 | devi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪvi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “devi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around devi (IPA /ˈdeɪvi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,397 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for devi, with forms such as "ddevi", "deiv", and "devvi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "di", "DV", "DVD", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is devi, spelled D-E-V-I.
Definition
- 1A goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevi
- deiv
- devvi
- dvei
- edvi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "devi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).