Which to use
“dedication” and “deviation” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,553
- “dedication” frequency rank
- #17,119
- “deviation” frequency rank
- 24672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dedication | deviation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated. | The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. |
Where the eye mixes dedication and deviation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dedication and deviation
A purely visual mix-up. dedication (/ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/) and deviation (/ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dedication is recorded at frequency rank #7,553, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/. deviation is at rank #17,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/.
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 24672, this pair ranks #400,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dedication vs deviation
Shared letters: adeinot. Private to "dedication": c. Private to "deviation": v.
"dedication" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "deviation" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dedication ← ddedication · ddeication · dedciation · deddication · dediaction · dedicaiton · dedicasion · dedicatino
- deviation ← ddeviation · deivation · devaition · deviaiton · deviasion · deviatino · deviationn · deviatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dedication" and "deviation" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dedication" vs "deviation" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dedication" and "deviation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dedication" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deviation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dedication" and "deviation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deviation vs divination". 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 #400,254 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.