devido

/dɨ.ˈvi.du/

//dɨ.ˈvi.du// adj

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The verdict

“devido” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#563
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se deve

Corpus desk

Index PT-devido · devido · Portuguese

devido · rank #563 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #563
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH acontece

Nearest frequency peer: acontece (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “devido”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “devido” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

devido vs dúvida
67% similar
devido vs dívida
67% similar
devido vs divino
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for devido
PropertyValue
Headworddevido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɨ.ˈvi.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#563
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “devido”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).devidocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “acontece” (#562), “informação” (#564), “abril” (#561). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “devido” fica em #563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around devido (IPA /dɨ.ˈvi.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #563 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que se deve".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for devido, with forms such as "ddevido", "deivdo", and "devdio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "dúvida", "dívida", "divino", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is devido, spelled D-E-V-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se deve

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how devido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O representante da pequena nação foi tratado com as devidas honras.

Antonyms

indevido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevido
  • deivdo
  • devdio
  • deviddo
  • deviod
  • devvido
  • dveido
  • edvido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devido - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddevido1deivdo2devdio2deviddo1deviod2devvido1dveido2edvido2
Edit distance from "devido"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "devido"?
"devido" is spelled D-E-V-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.ˈvi.du/.
What does "devido" mean?
As an adjective, "devido" means: que se deve
What words are commonly confused with "devido"?
"devido" is commonly confused with "dúvida", "dívida", "divino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devido" is /dɨ.ˈvi.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devido" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "devido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inglês#565amanhã#548quarto#589língua#536

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list