divvy
/ˈdɪvi/
"divvy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“divvy” is uncommon English (frequency #73,133 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,133
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dividend; a share or portion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-divvy · divvy · English
divvy · rank #73,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,133
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dixieland
Nearest frequency peer: Dixieland (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “divvy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dimpled
dimpled
26,872 corpus weight
- dinnerware
dinnerware
26,871 corpus weight
- Dirichlet
Dirichlet
26,870 corpus weight
- divvy
divvy
26,868 corpus weight
- Dixieland
Dixieland
26,867 corpus weight
- Dockery
Dockery
26,865 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “divvy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divvy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪvi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “divvy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
divvy is uncommon English at frequency #73,133 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪvi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dividend; a share or portion.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for divvy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of dividend + -y. The correct English form is divvy, spelled D-I-V-V-Y.
Definition
- 1A dividend; a share or portion.
Etymology
Clipping of dividend + -y.
This word in other languages
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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