deovsdevotWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: deo is a noun, devot is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deo” is a noun and “devot” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,556
“deo” frequency rank
#45,851
“devot” frequency rank
63407
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deo devot
Definition ein Gott, eine Gottheit (geschlechtsneutral, allerdings ist die weibliche Wortform selten, die männliche – *deulo – gar nicht belegt) mit einer unterwürfigen Haltung

Letter map: deo vs devot

Shared letters muted; letters that set deo and devot apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
deo
5 ch
devot

Role in the sentence - deo and devot

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deo is anoun and devotanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deo is recorded at frequency rank #17,556, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. devot is at rank #45,851, tagged as anadj, pronounced [deˈvoːt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 63407, this pair ranks #677,891 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deo vs devot

Shared letters: deo. Private to "deo": -. Private to "devot": tv.

"deo" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "devot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • devotddevot · deovt · devott · devto · devvot · dveot · edvot

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "deo" and "devot" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deo" is a noun and "devot" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "deo" vs "devot" - which ranks higher?
"deo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,556 in our German list, against #45,851 for "devot". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "deo" vs "devot" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "devot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #677,891 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deo" and "devot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devot vs devote". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #677,891 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list