# den vs deve

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### den
*article · IPA /deːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #19,112*
o, artigo definido masculino do caso acusativo singular:

### deve
*verb · frequency rank #182*
terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dever

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/den-vs-deve