Español homophones
deba/Deva
"deba" is a verb; "Deva" is a name - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "deba" arrives as a verb, while "Deva" is a name. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "de" then splits - "deba" (4 letters) vs "Deva" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across deba, Deva: ade. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
deba
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory abde · private b
Deva
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory adev · private v
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "deba" when you mean: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de deber.
- Write "Deva" when you mean: Apellido.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.