# Deane vs Devine

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Deane
*name · frequency rank #33,606*
A surname from Middle English, a variant of Dean.

### Devine
*name · frequency rank #27,806*
A surname from Irish.

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