demon vs Devos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“demon” is a noun and “Devos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,458
“demon” frequency rank: #39,777
“Devos” frequency rank: 46235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	demon	Devos
Definition	An evil supernatural being.	A surname from Dutch.

Letter map: demon vs Devos

Shared letters muted; letters that set demon and Devos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

demon

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Devos

Role in the sentence - demon and Devos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: demon is anoun and Devosaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46235, 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/. 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 46235, this pair ranks #213,704 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demon vs Devos

Shared letters: deo. Private to "demon": mn. Private to "Devos": sv.

"demon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

demon ← ddemon · demmon · demno · demonn · deomn · dmeon · edmon
Devos ← ddevos · deovs · devoss · devso · devvos · dveos · edvos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demon" and "Devos" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demon" is a noun and "Devos" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary English text, does "demon" or "Devos" show up more?

"demon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,458 in our English list, against #39,777 for "Devos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "demon" 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 #213,704 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"demon" and "Devos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depose vs Devos". 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 #213,704 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.