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“deciding” and “devising” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,953
- “deciding” frequency rank
- #34,018
- “devising” frequency rank
- 39971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deciding | devising |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of making a decision. | the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will |
Letter map: deciding vs devising
Shared letters muted; letters that set deciding and devising apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - deciding / devising
deciding and devising are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deciding is recorded at frequency rank #5,953, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/. devising is at rank #34,018, tagged as anoun.
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 39971, this pair ranks #271,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deciding vs devising
Shared letters: degin. Private to "deciding": c. Private to "devising": sv.
"deciding" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "devising" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "deciding" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devising" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deciding" and "devising" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desiring vs devising". 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 #271,833 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.