Dems vs Devos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#9,032
“Dems” frequency rank: #39,777
“Devos” frequency rank: 48809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Dems	Devos
Definition	plural of Dem	A surname from Dutch.

Letter map: Dems vs Devos

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

4 ch

Dems

5 ch

Devos

Grammar separator: Dems vs Devos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dems is anoun and Devosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dems is recorded at frequency rank #9,032, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɛmz/. 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 48809, this pair ranks #189,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Dems vs Devos

Shared letters: des. Private to "Dems": m. Private to "Devos": ov.

"Dems" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Dems ← ddems · demms · demss · desm · dmes · edms
Devos ← ddevos · deovs · devoss · devso · devvos · dveos · edvos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Dems" for "Devos" ever safe?

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

Which is more common, "Dems" or "Devos"?

"Dems" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,032 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Dems" and "Devos".

Full dictionary entry for "Dems" 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 #189,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Dems" 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 #189,590 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.