Which to use
“delves” is a verb and “Devos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,077
- “delves” frequency rank
- #39,777
- “Devos” frequency rank
- 80854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delves | Devos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of delve | A surname from Dutch. |
Letter map: delves vs Devos
Shared letters muted; letters that set delves and Devos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. delves runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against Devos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for delves / Devos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delves is averb and Devosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delves is recorded at frequency rank #41,077, classified as averb, pronounced /dɛlvz/. 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 80854, this pair ranks #18,918 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delves vs Devos
Shared letters: desv. Private to "delves": l. Private to "Devos": o.
"delves" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delves" and "Devos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "delves" or "Devos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "delves" vs "Devos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "delves" 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 #18,918 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delves" and "Devos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delved vs delves". 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 #18,918 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.