devancier
\də.vɑ̃.sje\
The verdict
“devancier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a précédé une personne dans ce qu’elle fait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-devancier · devancier · French
devancier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devancier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.vɑ̃.sje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « devancier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
devancier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.vɑ̃.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for devancier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is devancier, spelled D-E-V-A-N-C-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui a précédé une personne dans ce qu’elle fait.
- 2Ancêtres ; aïeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how devancier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] seulement il a confirmé tout ce que ses devanciers nous avaient raconté sur la population prodigieuse du Japon proprement dit […]
Hermann s’avança le second, prit les mêmes précautions que son devancier et obtint le même résultat.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.