dévaler

\de.va.le\

/\de.va.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“dévaler” is uncommon French (frequency #61,486 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,486
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller vers le bas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devaler · dévaler · French

dévaler · rank #61,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,486
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dévale

Nearest frequency peer: dévale (-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 « dévaler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dévaler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dévaler
PropertyValue
Headworddévaler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.va.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dévaler » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dévalertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dévale » (#61,485), « Edmundston » (#61,487), « désorganisée » (#61,484). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dévaler » est au #61,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dévaler is uncommon French at frequency #61,486 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.va.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for dévaler in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dévaler, spelled D-É-V-A-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aller vers le bas.
  2. 2
    Descendre très rapidement.
  3. 3
    Aller très rapidement.
  4. 4
    Être en pente, être raide, s’abaisser.
  5. 5
    S’étendre.
  6. 6
    Pendre, s’affaisser (en parlant d’une partie du corps).
  7. 7
    Transporter en bas, faire descendre quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dévaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’épais bancs de brume dévalaient en cascade des hauteurs de l’île et nous enveloppèrent bientôt ; mais le calme était complet, […].
  2. Alors je vis, du fond de la savane, jaillir et dévaler vers nous une tache, une boule, une bête fauve.

This word in other languages

descend(English)descender(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dévaler"?
"dévaler" is spelled D-É-V-A-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.va.le\.
What does "dévaler" mean?
As a verb, "dévaler" means: Aller vers le bas.
How do you pronounce "dévaler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dévaler" is \de.va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dévaler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dévaler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

désobéi#61,483elfique#61,494emboîte#61,496Estérel#61,510

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list