Which to use
“Devito” is a name and “devo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,701
- “Devito” frequency rank
- #39,776
- “devo” frequency rank
- 88477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Devito | devo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Italian. | Devastated. |
Letter map: Devito vs devo
Shared letters muted; letters that set Devito and devo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Devito / devo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Devito is aname and devoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Devito is recorded at frequency rank #48,701, classified as aname. devo is at rank #39,776, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈdɛvoʊ/.
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 88477, this pair ranks #6,291 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Devito vs devo
Shared letters: deov. Private to "Devito": it. Private to "devo": -.
"Devito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "devo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Devito" for "devo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Devito" or "devo"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Devito" and "devo".
- Full dictionary entry for "Devito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,291 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Devito" and "devo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "derp 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 #6,291 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.