deveria

/[de.ve.ˈɾi.a]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#551

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

deveria is aPortugueseverb. It means: primeira pessoa do futuro do pretérito do indicativo de dever; Pronounced [de.ve.ˈɾi.a]. It ranks #551 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with dever and deveras.

Key facts for deveria
PropertyValue
Headworddeveria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA[de.ve.ˈɾi.a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#551
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of deveria in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for deveria is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [de.ve.ˈɾi.a]. Corpus data places it at rank #551 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for deveria, with forms such as "ddeveria", "deevria", and "deveira". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dever", "deveras", 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 Portuguese form is deveria, spelled D-E-V-E-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do futuro do pretérito do indicativo de dever;
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do futuro do pretérito do indicativo de dever.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeveria,deevria,deveira,deverai,deverria,devreia,devveria,dveeria,edveria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deveria

Misspelling Variants of "deveria"

ddeveria8deevria7deveira7deverai7deverria8devreia7devveria8dveeria7
Misspelling Variants of "deveria"

Frequency rank: #551 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deveria"?
"deveria" is spelled D-E-V-E-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [de.ve.ˈɾi.a].
What does "deveria" mean?
As a verb, "deveria" means: primeira pessoa do futuro do pretérito do indicativo de dever;
What words are commonly confused with "deveria"?
"deveria" is commonly confused with "dever", "deveras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deveria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deveria" is [de.ve.ˈɾi.a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deveria" come from?
"deveria" is a Portuguese 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.