Which to use
“Devos” is a name and “devour” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,777
- “Devos” frequency rank
- #23,239
- “devour” frequency rank
- 63016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Devos | devour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Dutch. | To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. |
Letter map: Devos vs devour
Shared letters muted; letters that set Devos and devour apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Devos / devour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Devos is aname and devouraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Devos is recorded at frequency rank #39,777, classified as aname. devour is at rank #23,239, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/.
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 63016, this pair ranks #85,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Devos vs devour
Shared letters: deov. Private to "Devos": s. Private to "devour": ru.
"Devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devour" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Devos" for "devour" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Devos" vs "devour" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Devos" vs "devour" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Devos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Devos" and "devour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depose vs Devos". 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 #85,333 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.