Which to use
“deportado” and “devorado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,589
- “deportado” frequency rank
- #38,646
- “devorado” frequency rank
- 68235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deportado | devorado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de deportar. | Participio de devorar. |
Where the eye mixes deportado and devorado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: deportado vs devorado
A purely visual mix-up. deportado ([d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and devorado ([d̪eβ̞oˈɾað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deportado is recorded at frequency rank #29,589, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞o]. devorado is at rank #38,646, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eβ̞oˈɾað̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 68235, this pair ranks #35,037 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of deportado vs devorado
Shared letters: adeor. Private to "deportado": pt. Private to "devorado": v.
"deportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "devorado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deportado" and "devorado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "deportado" or "devorado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "deportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devorado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,037 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deportado" and "devorado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devorado vs devorando". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #35,037 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.