# Devon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɛv.ən/ · frequency rank #9,033

## Definitions
1. A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
2. A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
3. A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
4. A place in Canada:
5. A place in Canada:
6. A place in Canada:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:
11. A place in the United States:
12. A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
13. An English earldom.
14. A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
15. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
16. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.

## Easily confused with
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-don)
- **Dion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-dion)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devs)
- **doon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-doon)
- **Dixon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-dixon)
- **Dyson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-dyson)
- **Dijon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-dijon)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devos)
- **devote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devote)
- **devout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devout)
- **devour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devour)
- **DevOps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devops)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/den-vs-devon)
- **dev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dev-vs-devon)
- **deo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deo-vs-devon)
- **dean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dean-vs-devon)
- **demo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demo-vs-devon)
- **deco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deco-vs-devon)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devi-vs-devon)
- **deen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deen-vs-devon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddevon`, `deovn`, `devno`, `devonn`, `devvon`, `dveon`, `edvon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/devon