Which to use
“ded” is a noun and “devo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,281
- “ded” frequency rank
- #39,776
- “devo” frequency rank
- 79057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ded | devo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual). | Devastated. |
Letter map: ded vs devo
Shared letters muted; letters that set ded and devo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ded runs 3 letters (CVC) against devo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ded / devo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ded is anoun and devoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ded is recorded at frequency rank #39,281, classified as anoun. devo is at rank #39,776, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈdɛvoʊ/.
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 79057, this pair ranks #23,039 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ded vs devo
Shared letters: de. Private to "ded": -. Private to "devo": ov.
"ded" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "devo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- devo ← ddevo · deov · devvo · dveo · edvo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ded" for "devo" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "ded" or "devo" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ded" and "devo".
- Full dictionary entry for "ded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,039 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ded" and "devo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ded vs dox". 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 #23,039 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.