# devise vs devote

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### devise
*noun · IPA [dǝ.viz] · frequency rank #18,855*
Motto

### devote
*adjective · IPA [deˈvoːtə] · frequency rank #49,581*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs devot

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/devise-vs-devote