Which to use
“devido” is an adjective and “divido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #563
- “devido” frequency rank
- #22,951
- “divido” frequency rank
- 23514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devido | divido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se deve | dividir, separar. |
Where the eye mixes devido and divido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: devido vs divido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: devido is /dɨ.ˈvi.du/ while divido is /ˈdiː.wi.doː/.. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “devido” becomes i in “divido”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devido is recorded at frequency rank #563, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.ˈvi.du/. divido is at rank #22,951, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈdiː.wi.doː/..
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 23514, this pair ranks #46,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of devido vs divido
Shared letters: diov. Private to "devido": e. Private to "divido": -.
"devido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "divido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "devido" for "divido" ever safe?
Which is more common, "devido" or "divido"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "devido" and "divido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "devido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devido" and "divido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divido vs dízimo". 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 #46,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.