demasiado vs devastado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“demasiado” and “devastado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,975
“demasiado” frequency rank: #24,608
“devastado” frequency rank: 28583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	demasiado	devastado
Definition	que passa dos justos limites	destruído

Letter map: demasiado vs devastado

Shared letters muted; letters that set demasiado and devastado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. demasiado (CVCVCVVCV) and devastado (CVCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch

demasiado

9 ch

devastado

Spelling & dictionary notes on demasiado vs devastado

demasiado and devastado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demasiado is recorded at frequency rank #3,975, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.mɐ.ˈzja.du/. devastado is at rank #24,608, tagged as anadj.

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 28583, this pair ranks #40,225 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demasiado vs devastado

Shared letters: adeos. Private to "demasiado": im. Private to "devastado": tv.

"demasiado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "devastado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

demasiado ← ddemasiado · deamsiado · demaisado · demasaido · demasiaddo · demasiaod · demasidao · demassiado
devastado ← ddevastado · deavstado · devasatdo · devasstado · devastaddo · devastaod · devastdao · devasttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demasiado" and "devastado" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "demasiado" vs "devastado" - which ranks higher?

"demasiado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,975 in our Portuguese list, against #24,608 for "devastado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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Full dictionary entry for "demasiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "devastado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #40,225 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"demasiado" and "devastado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devastado vs devastar". 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 #40,225 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.