Which to use
“delving” is a verb and “Devine” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,881
- “delving” frequency rank
- #27,806
- “Devine” frequency rank
- 65687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delving | Devine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of delve | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: delving vs Devine
Shared letters muted; letters that set delving and Devine apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - delving and Devine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delving is averb and Devineaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delving is recorded at frequency rank #37,881, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdɛlvɪŋ/. Devine is at rank #27,806, 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 65687, this pair ranks #71,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delving vs Devine
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "delving": gl. Private to "Devine": -.
"delving" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "Devine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delving" and "Devine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "delving" or "Devine" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "delving" and "Devine".
- Full dictionary entry for "delving" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delving" and "Devine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deeming vs delving". 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 #71,537 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.