devilsvsDevitoConfusable pair

Quick tell: devils is a noun, Devito is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#9,734
“devils” frequency rank
#48,701
“Devito” frequency rank
58435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature devils Devito
Definition plural of devil A surname from Italian.

Letter map: devils vs Devito

Shared letters muted; letters that set devils and Devito apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
devils
6 ch
Devito

Part-of-speech tell for devils / Devito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: devils 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 58435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

devils is recorded at frequency rank #9,734, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɛvl̩z/. 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 58435, this pair ranks #112,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of devils vs Devito

Shared letters: deiv. Private to "devils": ls. Private to "Devito": ot.

"devils" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "Devito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • devilsddevils · deivls · devills · devilss · devisl · devlis · devvils · dveils
  • Devitoddevito · deivto · deviot · devitto · devtio · devvito · dveito · edvito

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "devils" and "Devito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "devils" is a noun and "Devito" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "devils" or "Devito" show up more?
"devils" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,734 in our English list, against #48,701 for "Devito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "devils" and "Devito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "devils" 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 #112,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "devils" 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 #112,590 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list