Devlin
/ˈdɛvlɪn/
"devlin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Devlin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,121
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devlin · Devlin · English
Devlin · rank #27,121 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,121
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH desist
Nearest frequency peer: desist (-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 “Devlin”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- delicately
delicately
72,883 corpus weight
- deluge
deluge
72,882 corpus weight
- desist
desist
72,881 corpus weight
- Devlin
Devlin
72,880 corpus weight
- diffraction
diffraction
72,878 corpus weight
- dilapidated
dilapidated
72,877 corpus weight
What this shows “Devlin” 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 | Devlin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛvlɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Devlin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Devlin (IPA /ˈdɛvlɪn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,121 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Devlin, with forms such as "ddevlin", "delvin", and "deviln". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Devon", "Dublin", "devoid", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan. The correct English form is Devlin, spelled D-E-V-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevlin
- delvin
- deviln
- devlinn
- devllin
- devlni
- devvlin
- dvelin
- edvlin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Devlin - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).