devoid
/dɪˈvɔɪd/
"devoid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devoid” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,688
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely without; having none of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devoid · devoid · English
devoid · rank #16,688 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,688
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH densely
Nearest frequency peer: densely (-2 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 “devoid”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Della
Della
83,317 corpus weight
- denotes
denotes
83,316 corpus weight
- densely
densely
83,315 corpus weight
- devoid
devoid
83,313 corpus weight
- Dickinson
Dickinson
83,310 corpus weight
- disparity
disparity
83,309 corpus weight
What this shows “devoid” 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 | devoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈvɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “devoid”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around devoid (IPA /dɪˈvɔɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,688 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Completely without; having none of.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for devoid, with forms such as "ddevoid", "deovid", and "deviod". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Devon", "droid", "Devos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider). The correct English form is devoid, spelled D-E-V-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Completely without; having none of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how devoid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
Etymology
From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevoid
- deovid
- deviod
- devodi
- devoidd
- devvoid
- dveoid
- edvoid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devoid - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 (8 here; floor ≥5).