devolved
"devolved" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“devolved” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,424
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of devolve
Corpus desk
Index EN-devolved · devolved · English
devolved · rank #24,424 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,424
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH denominator
Nearest frequency peer: denominator (-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 “devolved”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dazed
dazed
75,580 corpus weight
- debatable
debatable
75,579 corpus weight
- denominator
denominator
75,578 corpus weight
- devolved
devolved
75,577 corpus weight
- dieting
dieting
75,576 corpus weight
- diligently
diligently
75,575 corpus weight
What this shows “devolved” 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 | devolved |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “devolved”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around devolved, averb. Corpus frequency is #24,424 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of devolve".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for devolved, with forms such as "ddevolved", "deovlved", and "devloved". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "devoted", "delved", "devolve", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is devolved, spelled D-E-V-O-L-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of devolve
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how devolved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Subject to the decision of our members, we have successfully negotiated significant pay increases for our members with the governments of the devolved nations," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan. "Sadly, this is in stark contrast with the response from the Westminster government.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevolved
- deovlved
- devloved
- devolevd
- devollved
- devolvde
- devolvedd
- devolvved
- devovled
- devvolved
- dveolved
- edvolved
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devolved - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).