peavy
"peavy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peavy” is uncommon English (frequency #77,077 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,077
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peavy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peavy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peavy is uncommon English at frequency #77,077 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.".
peavy has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America. The correct English form is peavy, spelled P-E-A-V-Y.
Definition
- 1A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
Etymology
After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.
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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Using “peavy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-A-V-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.