Which to use
“depose” is a verb and “Devos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,107
- “depose” frequency rank
- #39,777
- “Devos” frequency rank
- 82884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | depose | Devos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. | A surname from Dutch. |
Letter map: depose vs Devos
Shared letters muted; letters that set depose and Devos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for depose / Devos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: depose is averb and Devosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
depose is recorded at frequency rank #43,107, classified as averb, pronounced /dɪˈpəʊz/. 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 82884, this pair ranks #14,887 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of depose vs Devos
Shared letters: deos. Private to "depose": p. Private to "Devos": v.
"depose" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "depose" and "Devos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "depose" vs "Devos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "depose" and "Devos".
- Full dictionary entry for "depose" 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 #14,887 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "depose" and "Devos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degas 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 #14,887 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.