# debía vs Deva

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### debía
*verb · IPA [d̪eˈβ̞ia] · frequency rank #1,978*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de deber.

### Deva
*name · IPA [ˈd̪eβ̞a] · frequency rank #49,578*
Apellido.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/debia-vs-deva