devenant

\də.və.nɑ̃\

/\də.və.nɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“devenant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,691
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de devenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devenant · devenant · French

devenant · rank #8,691 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,691
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demandons

Nearest frequency peer: demandons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « devenant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « devenant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

devenant vs devenons
75% similar
devenant vs dévorant
63% similar
devenant vs devant
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for devenant
PropertyValue
Headworddevenant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.və.nɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,691
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devenant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).devenantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « demandons » (#8,690), « danois » (#8,689), « déménagement » (#8,693). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devenant » est au #8,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around devenant (IPA \də.və.nɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,691 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de devenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for devenant, with forms such as "ddevenant", "deevnant", and "deveannt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "devenons", "dévorant", "devant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is devenant, spelled D-E-V-E-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de devenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La doctrine morale du théologien intéresse la philosophie, dans cette mesure très haute où finalement la théologie morale « théologalise » une vérité « ontologale » (le « mal » moral philosophique devenant « péché » par exemple, où donc, entre les lois « naturelles » et les normes « surnaturelles », n’existe pas cet écart ontologique que la basse scolasti…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevenant
  • deevnant
  • deveannt
  • devenannt
  • devenantt
  • devenatn
  • devennant
  • devennat
  • devneant
  • devvenant
  • dveenant
  • edvenant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devenant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddevenant1deevnant2deveannt2devenannt1devenantt1devenatn2devennant1devennat2
Edit distance from "devenant"

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 "devenant"?
"devenant" is spelled D-E-V-E-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.və.nɑ̃\.
What does "devenant" mean?
As a verb, "devenant" means: Participe présent de devenir.
What words are commonly confused with "devenant"?
"devenant" is commonly confused with "devenons", "dévorant", "devant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devenant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devenant" is \də.və.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devenant" come from?
"devenant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list