# Devon vs devour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Devon
*name · IPA /ˈdɛv.ən/ · frequency rank #9,033*
A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.

### devour
*verb · IPA /dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #23,239*
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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