# Purvis

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,607

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English purveys (“provisions, supplies”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for an official responsible of obtaining supplies.

## Easily confused with
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purvis)
- **Paris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-purvis)
- **pelvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pelvis-vs-purvis)
- **purist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purist-vs-purvis)
- **purview** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purview-vs-purvis)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppurvis`, `pruvis`, `purivs`, `purrvis`, `purviss`, `purvsi`, `purvvis`, `puvris`, `uprvis`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purvis