dévale
\de.val\
The verdict
“dévale” is uncommon French (frequency #61,485 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,485
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévaler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-devale · dévale · French
dévale · rank #61,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,485
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désorganisée
Nearest frequency peer: désorganisée (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dévale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déshonorer
déshonorer
38,519 corpus weight
- désobéi
désobéi
38,518 corpus weight
- désorganisée
désorganisée
38,517 corpus weight
- dévale
dévale
38,516 corpus weight
- dévaler
dévaler
38,515 corpus weight
- Edmundston
Edmundston
38,514 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dévale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.val\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dévale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dévale is uncommon French at frequency #61,485 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.val\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
dévale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dévale, spelled D-É-V-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévaler.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévaler.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dévaler.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dévaler.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de dévaler.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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