Which to use
“device” is a noun and “Devine” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,150
- “device” frequency rank
- #27,806
- “Devine” frequency rank
- 29956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | device | Devine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: device vs Devine
Shared letters muted; letters that set device and Devine apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for device / Devine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: device is anoun and Devineaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “device” becomes n in “Devine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
device is recorded at frequency rank #2,150, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɪˈvaɪs/. Devine is at rank #27,806, 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 29956, this pair ranks #358,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of device vs Devine
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "device": c. Private to "Devine": n.
"device" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Devine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "device" for "Devine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "device" vs "Devine" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "device" vs "Devine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "device" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "device" and "Devine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Devine vs Devito". 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 #358,599 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.