peavy
"peavy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peavy” is uncommon English (frequency #77,077 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,077
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peavy · peavy · English
peavy · rank #77,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,077
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH penman
Nearest frequency peer: penman (+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 “peavy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pathe
pathe
22,927 corpus weight
- peavy
peavy
22,924 corpus weight
- penman
penman
22,923 corpus weight
- perchlorate
perchlorate
22,922 corpus weight
- perihelion
perihelion
22,921 corpus weight
- peripherally
peripherally
22,920 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “peavy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “peavy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
peavy is uncommon English at frequency #77,077 among 4,417 “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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