devuelve

/[d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,127

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

devuelve is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de devolver. Pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e]. Often confused with devuelvo and disuelve.

Key facts for devuelve
PropertyValue
Headworddevuelve
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,127
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of devuelve in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for devuelve is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,127 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for devuelve, with forms such as "ddevuelve", "debuelbe", and "deuvelve". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "devuelvo", "disuelve", "devuelven", 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 devuelve, spelled D-E-V-U-E-L-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de devolver.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de devolver.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddevuelve,debuelbe,deuvelve,deveulve,devuelev,devuellve,devuelvve,devuevle,devuleve,devvuelve,dveuelve,edvuelve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for devuelve

Misspelling Variants of "devuelve"

ddevuelve9debuelbe8deuvelve8deveulve8devuelev8devuellve9devuelvve9devuevle8
Misspelling Variants of "devuelve"

Frequency rank: #10,127 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "devuelve"?
"devuelve" is spelled D-E-V-U-E-L-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e].
What does "devuelve" mean?
As a verb, "devuelve" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de devolver.
What words are commonly confused with "devuelve"?
"devuelve" is commonly confused with "devuelvo", "disuelve", "devuelven". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devuelve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devuelve" is [d̪eˈβ̞welβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devuelve" come from?
"devuelve" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.