knavery
/ˈneɪvəɹi/
"knavery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“knavery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
Corpus desk
Index EN-knavery · knavery · English
knavery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | knavery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈneɪvəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “knavery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
knavery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈneɪvəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for knavery in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From knave + -ery. The correct English form is knavery, spelled K-N-A-V-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
- 2An unprincipled action; deceit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knavery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Harry Monmouth, being in his right wittes and his good iudgements, turn'd away the fat Knight with the great belly doublet: he was full of ieſts, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes; I haue forgot his name.
The young Oxonian, on the contrary, had led out one of his maiden aunts, on whom the rogue played a thousand little knaveries with impunity; he was full of practical jokes, and his delight was to tease his aunts and cousins; yet, like all mad-cap youngsters, he was a universal favourite among the women.
Etymology
From knave + -ery.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.