DevOps
"devops" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“DevOps” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,857
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A software development method that stresses communication and collaboration between software developers and other information technology professionals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-devops · DevOps · English
DevOps · rank #34,857 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,857
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH detainee
Nearest frequency peer: detainee (-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 “DevOps”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dens
dens
65,147 corpus weight
- desertion
desertion
65,146 corpus weight
- detainee
detainee
65,145 corpus weight
- DevOps
DevOps
65,144 corpus weight
- dike
dike
65,143 corpus weight
- dispensation
dispensation
65,142 corpus weight
What this shows “DevOps” 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 | DevOps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “DevOps”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around DevOps, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,857 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A software development method that stresses communication and collaboration between software developers and other information technology professionals.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for DevOps, with forms such as "ddevops", "deovps", and "devopps". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "devs", "drops", "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: Blend of dev(elopment) + op(eration)s. The correct English form is DevOps, spelled D-E-V-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1A software development method that stresses communication and collaboration between software developers and other information technology professionals.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how DevOps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
DevOps is a popular term in the IT world at the moment. There are many different opinions as to what DevOps actually is. In simple terms, DevOps is the mix of development and operations. It is essentially creating a sort of "hybrid programmer"[…]
Etymology
Blend of dev(elopment) + op(eration)s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevops
- deovps
- devopps
- devopss
- devosp
- devpos
- devvops
- dveops
- edvops
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of DevOps - 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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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).