Which to use
“deste” is a contraction and “deve” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #346
- “deste” frequency rank
- #182
- “deve” frequency rank
- 528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deste | deve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este: | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dever |
Letter map: deste vs deve
Shared letters muted; letters that set deste and deve apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - deste and deve
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deste is acontraction and deveaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deste is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as acontraction. deve is at rank #182, tagged as averb.
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 528, this pair ranks #75,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deste vs deve
Shared letters: de. Private to "deste": st. Private to "deve": v.
"deste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "deve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "deste" and "deve" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "deste" or "deve" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "deste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deste" and "deve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deve vs devi". 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 #75,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.