Which to use
“Devine” is a name and “divine” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,806
- “Devine” frequency rank
- #4,754
- “divine” frequency rank
- 32560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Devine | divine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Irish. | Of or pertaining to a god. |
Letter map: Devine vs divine
Shared letters muted; letters that set Devine and divine apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for Devine / divine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Devine is aname and divineanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Devine” becomes i in “divine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Devine is recorded at frequency rank #27,806, classified as aname. divine is at rank #4,754, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɪˈvaɪn/.
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 32560, this pair ranks #336,752 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Devine vs divine
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "Devine": -. Private to "divine": -.
"Devine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "divine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Devine" and "divine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Devine" vs "divine" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Devine" and "divine".
- Full dictionary entry for "Devine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,752 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Devine" and "divine" 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 #336,752 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.