devil dog
"devil-dog" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devil dog” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A US marine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devil dog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “devil dog” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for devil dog is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A US marine.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for devil dog, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Teufelshund (“hound of Hell”, literally “Devil's hound”). The correct English form is devil dog, spelled D-E-V-I-L- -D-O-G.
Definition
- 1A US marine.
Etymology
Calque of German Teufelshund (“hound of Hell”, literally “Devil's hound”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “devil dog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-V-I-L- -D-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.