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“demotion” and “devotion” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,590
- “demotion” frequency rank
- #10,677
- “devotion” frequency rank
- 52267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demotion | devotion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status. | The act or state of devoting or being devoted. |
Letter map: demotion vs devotion
Shared letters muted; letters that set demotion and devotion apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: demotion and devotion
demotion and devotion are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - m in “demotion” becomes v in “devotion”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demotion is recorded at frequency rank #41,590, classified as anoun. devotion is at rank #10,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɪˈvəʊʃən/.
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 52267, this pair ranks #158,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demotion vs devotion
Shared letters: deinot. Private to "demotion": m. Private to "devotion": v.
"demotion" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "devotion" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demotion" and "devotion" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "demotion" or "devotion"?
After this comparison
Pair "demotion" vs "devotion" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "demotion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devotion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demotion" and "devotion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deletion vs demotion". 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 #158,499 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.