# deve vs dez

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dez
*adjective · IPA /ˈdɛʃ/ · frequency rank #771*
dotado de bons atributos

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/deve-vs-dez