devices vs Devine, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,530
“devices” frequency rank: #27,806
“Devine” frequency rank: 30336
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	devices	Devine
Definition	plural of device	A surname from Irish.

Letter map: devices vs Devine

Shared letters muted; letters that set devices and Devine apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch

devices

6 ch

Devine

Role in the sentence - devices and Devine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: devices is anoun and Devineaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

devices is recorded at frequency rank #2,530, classified as anoun, pronounced /dəˈvaɪsɪz/. 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 30336, this pair ranks #355,406 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of devices vs Devine

Shared letters: deiv. Private to "devices": cs. Private to "Devine": n.

"devices" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "Devine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

devices ← ddevices · deivces · devcies · devicces · devicess · devicse · deviecs · devvices
Devine ← ddevine · deivne · devien · devinne · devnie · devvine · dveine · edvine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "devices" for "Devine" ever safe?

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

Frequency check: "devices" vs "Devine" - which ranks higher?

"devices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,530 in our English list, against #27,806 for "Devine". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "devices" 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 #355,406 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"devices" 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 #355,406 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.