Which to use
“demon” is a noun and “Devin” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,458
- “demon” frequency rank
- #20,333
- “Devin” frequency rank
- 26791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demon | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An evil supernatural being. | A surname from Irish. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”). |
Where the eye mixes demon and Devin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses demon with Devin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demon is /ˈdiː.mən/ while Devin is /ˈdɛvɪn/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demon is recorded at frequency rank #6,458, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdiː.mən/. Devin is at rank #20,333, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈdɛvɪn/.
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 26791, this pair ranks #384,046 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demon vs Devin
Shared letters: den. Private to "demon": mo. Private to "Devin": iv.
"demon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Devin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "demon" for "Devin" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "demon" or "Devin" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "demon" and "Devin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,046 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demon" and "Devin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Devin vs Devito". 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 #384,046 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.