go to the devil
"go-to-the-devil" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go to the devil” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To go to a bad or unpleasant place or situation; used in expressions of contempt or angry dismissal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-go-to-the-devil · go to the devil · English
go to the devil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go to the devil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “go to the devil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
go to the devil is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To go to a bad or unpleasant place or situation; used in expressions of contempt or angry dismissal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for go to the devil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is go to the devil, spelled G-O- -T-O- -T-H-E- -D-E-V-I-L.
Definition
- 1To go to a bad or unpleasant place or situation; used in expressions of contempt or angry dismissal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how go to the devil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I never want to see my ex-wife again. She can go to the devil for all I care.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.