devorar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#37,550
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
15
similar word pairs
devorar is aSpanishverb. It means: Referido a un animal, comerse a su presa (otro animal que ha cazado o pescado). Pronounced [d̪eβ̞oˈɾaɾ]. Often confused with devota and demora.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devorar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eβ̞oˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for devorar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eβ̞oˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,550 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for devorar, with forms such as "ddevorar", "deborar", and "deovrar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "devota", "demora", "devora", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is devorar, spelled D-E-V-O-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Referido a un animal, comerse a su presa (otro animal que ha cazado o pescado).
- 2Comer con rapidez, ansia, gran apetito, o cierto salvajismo; consumir alimentos de un modo voraz.
- 3Referido a ciertos fenómenos o conductas, causar gran destrucción o consumir con rapidez, destruir.
- 4Referido a un apetito o pasión, ejercer presión emocional intensa o violenta sobre alguien; apremiar.
- 5Dedicar intensa atención intelectual a algo, especialmente a libros o materiales de lectura.
- 6Recorrer gran distancia en poco tiempo o de modo desenfrenado.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddevorar,deborar,deovrar,devoarr,devorarr,devorrar,devroar,devvorar,dveorar,edvorar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for devorar
Misspelling Variants of "devorar"
Frequency rank: #37,550 in Spanish
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