Which to use
“dee” is a noun and “devez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,802
- “dee” frequency rank
- #2,569
- “devez” frequency rank
- 22371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dee | devez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | D, d (lettre de l’alphabet latin). | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes dee and devez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dee vs devez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dee is \ˈdi\ while devez is \də.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dee is recorded at frequency rank #19,802, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdi\. devez is at rank #2,569, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.ve\.
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 22371, this pair ranks #358,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dee vs devez
Shared letters: de. Private to "dee": -. Private to "devez": vz.
"dee" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "devez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devez ← ddevez · deevz · devezz · devvez · devze · dveez · edvez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dee" and "devez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dee" vs "devez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dee" and "devez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dee" and "devez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dee". 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 #358,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.