devil's nettle
"devil-s-nettle" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devil's nettle” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devil's nettle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “devil's nettle” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
devil's nettle is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for devil's nettle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: Compound of devil + -'s + nettle, perhaps for a stinging effect of the leaves, and/or for an association with the Devil or witches (see quotations below). The correct English form is devil's nettle, spelled D-E-V-I-L-'-S- -N-E-T-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 2Dendrocnide sinuata (synonym: Laportea crenulata), a species of nettle in the family Urticaceae found in Australia and South Asia.
Etymology
Compound of devil + -'s + nettle, perhaps for a stinging effect of the leaves, and/or for an association with the Devil or witches (see quotations below).
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's nettle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-V-I-L-'-S- -N-E-T-T-L-E - 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.