Which to use
“device” is a noun and “Devito” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,150
- “device” frequency rank
- #48,701
- “Devito” frequency rank
- 50851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | device | Devito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. | A surname from Italian. |
Letter map: device vs Devito
Shared letters muted; letters that set device and Devito apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - device and Devito
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: device is anoun and Devitoaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50851, 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/. Devito is at rank #48,701, 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 50851, this pair ranks #170,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of device vs Devito
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "device": c. Private to "Devito": ot.
"device" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Devito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "device" and "Devito". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "device" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "device" and "Devito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Devito vs devo". 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 #170,613 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.