Devaux
\de.vo\
The verdict
“Devaux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,019
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille
Corpus desk
Index FR-devaux · Devaux · French
Devaux · rank #49,019 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,019
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH denim
Nearest frequency peer: denim (-2 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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Devaux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cuillerée
cuillerée
50,987 corpus weight
- DCI
DCI
50,985 corpus weight
- denim
denim
50,984 corpus weight
- Devaux
Devaux
50,982 corpus weight
- difforme
difforme
50,979 corpus weight
- diphtérie
diphtérie
50,978 corpus weight
What this shows « Devaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Devaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \de.vo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Devaux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Devaux (IPA \de.vo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,019 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Devaux, with forms such as "ddevaux", "deavux", and "devauxx". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "dévoué", "deux", "devant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Devaux, spelled D-E-V-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Devaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Laurent Lafitte secoue Blanche Gardin et vice versa dans le réjouissant Tout le monde aime Jeanne, premier film de Céline Devaux découvert à la Semaine de la critique du Festival de Cannes et en salles ce mercredi.
Devaux se montre menaçant, et après avoir affolé la défense brestoise, alors qu’il était seul devant le but vide, sa frappe dévissée passe au ras du poteau (4’).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddevaux
- deavux
- devauxx
- devaxu
- devuax
- devvaux
- dveaux
- edvaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Devaux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).