Which to use
“degas” is a verb and “dens” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,085
- “degas” frequency rank
- #34,854
- “dens” frequency rank
- 76939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degas | dens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To remove the gas from. | plural of den |
Letter map: degas vs dens
Shared letters muted; letters that set degas and dens apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. degas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against dens's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for degas / dens
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: degas is averb and densanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degas is recorded at frequency rank #42,085, classified as averb. dens is at rank #34,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɛnz/.
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 76939, this pair ranks #28,704 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degas vs dens
Shared letters: des. Private to "degas": ag. Private to "dens": n.
"degas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dens" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degas" for "dens" ever safe?
Frequency check: "degas" vs "dens" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "degas" and "dens".
- Full dictionary entry for "degas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,704 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degas" and "dens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degas vs dregs". 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 #28,704 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.