deve vs device, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“deve” is a verb and “device” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#182
“deve” frequency rank: #45,804
“device” frequency rank: 45986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	deve	device
Definition	terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dever	equipamento

Letter map: deve vs device

Shared letters muted; letters that set deve and device apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch

deve

6 ch

device

Role in the sentence - deve and device

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deve is averb and deviceanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deve is recorded at frequency rank #182, classified as averb. device is at rank #45,804, tagged as anoun.

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 45986, this pair ranks #19,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deve vs device

Shared letters: dev. Private to "deve": -. Private to "device": ci.

"deve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "device" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

deve ← ddeve · deev · devve · dvee · edve
device ← ddevice · deivce · devcie · devicce · deviec · devvice · dveice · edvice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deve" and "device" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deve" is a verb and "device" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "deve" or "device"?

"deve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #182 in our Portuguese list, against #45,804 for "device". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "deve" and "device". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "deve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "device" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #19,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"deve" and "device" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devi vs device". 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 #19,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.