# devout

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈvaʊt/ · frequency rank #18,539

## Definitions
1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
2. Expressing devotion or piety.
3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Italic *dē
Ecclesiastical Latin dē
Ecclesiastical Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti
Proto-Italic *wogʷeō
Ecclesiastical Latin voveō
Ecclesiastical Latin dēvoveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Ecclesiastical Latin -tus
Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor.
Old French devotbor.
Middle English devout
English devout
Inherited from Middle English devout.
From Middle English devout, devot, from Old French devot (French dévot), from Latin dēvōtus, perfect passive participle of dēvōveō. Doublet of devote.

## Easily confused with
- **dugout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devout-vs-dugout)
- **devo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devo-vs-devout)
- **debut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debut-vs-devout)
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depot-vs-devout)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devon-vs-devout)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devos-vs-devout)
- **devote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devote-vs-devout)
- **devoid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devoid-vs-devout)
- **detour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detour-vs-devout)
- **deport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deport-vs-devout)
- **devour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devour-vs-devout)
- **DevOps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devops-vs-devout)
- **devious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devious-vs-devout)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddevout`, `deovut`, `devotu`, `devoutt`, `devuot`, `devvout`, `dveout`, `edvout`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/devout