Which to use
“degas” is a verb and “Devos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,085
- “degas” frequency rank
- #39,777
- “Devos” frequency rank
- 81862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degas | Devos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To remove the gas from. | A surname from Dutch. |
Letter map: degas vs Devos
Shared letters muted; letters that set degas and Devos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. degas and Devos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - degas and Devos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: degas is averb and Devosaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degas is recorded at frequency rank #42,085, classified as averb. Devos is at rank #39,777, tagged as aname.
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 81862, this pair ranks #16,831 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degas vs Devos
Shared letters: des. Private to "degas": ag. Private to "Devos": ov.
"degas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "degas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,831 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degas" and "Devos" 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 #16,831 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.