Davis

name

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The verdict

“Davis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,491
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglophone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-davis · Davis · French

Davis · rank #6,491 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,491
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demie

Nearest frequency peer: demie (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Davis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Davis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Davis vs dois
40% similar
Davis vs days
40% similar
Davis vs Davy
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Davis
PropertyValue
HeadwordDavis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,491
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Davis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Davisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « demie » (#6,492), « créés » (#6,489), « devienne » (#6,493). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Davis » est au #6,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Davis, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,491 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglophone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Davis, with forms such as "advis", "daivs", and "daviss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dois", "days", "Davy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Davis, spelled D-A-V-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglophone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Davis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La Polonaise a écarté l’Américaine Sloane Stephens (6-3, 6-2) et défiera au prochain tour une autre Américaine, Lauren Davis.
  2. Sur le tournage du Retour du Jedi, il perçoit le potentiel d’un jeune acteur anglais, Warwick Davis, qui joue le rôle de l’Ewok Wicket.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • advis
  • daivs
  • daviss
  • davsi
  • davvis
  • ddavis
  • dvais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Davis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

advis2daivs2daviss1davsi2davvis1ddavis1dvais2
Edit distance from "Davis"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Davis"?
"Davis" is spelled D-A-V-I-S.
What does "Davis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Davis" means: Nom de famille anglophone.
What words are commonly confused with "Davis"?
"Davis" is commonly confused with "dois", "days", "Davy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Davis" come from?
"Davis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Davis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demie#6,492créés#6,489INSEE#6,517media#6,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

dollar7 variantsbalade7 variantsnazis7 variantspoing7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list