Which to use
“Davis” is a name and “devais” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,491
- “Davis” frequency rank
- #3,910
- “devais” frequency rank
- 10401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Davis | devais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille anglophone. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de devoir. |
Letter map: Davis vs devais
Shared letters muted; letters that set Davis and devais apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Davis / devais
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Davis is aname and devaisaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Davis is recorded at frequency rank #6,491, classified as aname. devais is at rank #3,910, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vɛ\.
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 10401, this pair ranks #413,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Davis vs devais
Shared letters: adisv. Private to "Davis": -. Private to "devais": e.
"Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Davis" and "devais" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Davis" or "devais"?
What to do next
Pair "Davis" vs "devais" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Davis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Davis" and "devais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Davis vs devins". 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 #413,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.