dévaster
\de.vas.te\
The verdict
“dévaster” is uncommon French (frequency #62,948 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,948
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruiner ; ravager ; piller ; détruire ; faire périr.
Corpus desk
Index FR-devaster · dévaster · French
dévaster · rank #62,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,948
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dévote
Nearest frequency peer: dévote (+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 « dévaster »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dépassez
dépassez
37,057 corpus weight
- déracinement
déracinement
37,056 corpus weight
- dérangeantes
dérangeantes
37,055 corpus weight
- dévaster
dévaster
37,053 corpus weight
- dévote
dévote
37,052 corpus weight
- dévoyé
dévoyé
37,051 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dévaster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévaster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.vas.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dévaster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dévaster is uncommon French at frequency #62,948 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.vas.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dévaster, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dévaster, spelled D-É-V-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ruiner ; ravager ; piller ; détruire ; faire périr.
- 2Détruire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dévaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils volaient les provisions du logis, ils dévastaient les quelques arbres fruitiers de l’enclos, ils étaient les démons familiers, pillards et criards, de cette étrange maison de la folie lucide.
Chaque matin, un détachement de soldats précède la colonne pour protéger les douars des velléités pillardes de leurs camarades. Ordre a été donné de ne plus dévaster les champs.
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); 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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