Duval
"duval" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Duval” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,769
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duval · Duval · English
Duval · rank #26,769 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,769
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dutchman
Nearest frequency peer: Dutchman (-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 “Duval”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Dreyfus
Dreyfus
73,236 corpus weight
- dribble
dribble
73,235 corpus weight
- Dutchman
Dutchman
73,233 corpus weight
- Duval
Duval
73,232 corpus weight
- Dwyer
Dwyer
73,231 corpus weight
- egalitarian
egalitarian
73,229 corpus weight
What this shows “Duval” 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 | Duval |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Duval”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Duval, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,769 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Duval, with forms such as "dduval", "duavl", and "duvall". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "duvet", "dal", "dua", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Duval The correct English form is Duval, spelled D-U-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley.
- 2Ellipsis of Duval County
- 3A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Duval
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dduval
- duavl
- duvall
- duvla
- duvval
- dvual
- udval
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Duval - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Duval", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).