# devils vs Devin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### devils
*noun · IPA /ˈdɛvl̩z/ · frequency rank #9,734*
plural of devil

### Devin
*name · IPA /ˈdɛvɪn/ · frequency rank #20,333*
A surname from Irish. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devils-vs-devin