dens vs Devos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34,854
“dens” frequency rank: #39,777
“Devos” frequency rank: 74631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dens	Devos
Definition	plural of den	A surname from Dutch.

Letter map: dens vs Devos

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

4 ch

dens

5 ch

Devos

Role in the sentence - dens and Devos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dens is anoun and Devosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dens is recorded at frequency rank #34,854, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɛnz/. 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 74631, this pair ranks #35,751 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dens vs Devos

Shared letters: des. Private to "dens": n. Private to "Devos": ov.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

dens ← ddens · denns · denss · desn · dnes
Devos ← ddevos · deovs · devoss · devso · devvos · dveos · edvos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dens" and "Devos" be used interchangeably?

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

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

"dens" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,854 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.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "dens" 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 #35,751 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dens" and "Devos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dens vs DNP". 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 #35,751 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.