Devizes
/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/
"devizes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Devizes” is uncommon English (frequency #72,236 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,236
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Devizes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈvaɪzɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Devizes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Devizes is uncommon English at frequency #72,236 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dɪˈvaɪzɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Devizes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as Th… The correct English form is Devizes, spelled D-E-V-I-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).
Etymology
From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as The Devyses.
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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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-V-I-Z-E-S - 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.