dévêture

\de.vɛ.tyʁ\

/\de.vɛ.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“dévêture” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de dévêtir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deveture · dévêture · French

dévêture · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for dévêture
PropertyValue
Headworddévêture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.vɛ.tyʁ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dévêture » en français

dévêturesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dévêture is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.vɛ.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de dévêtir.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dévêture in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dévêture, spelled D-É-V-Ê-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de dévêtir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je n’ôtais mon pantalon pour conclure une belle histoire d’amour que lorsque la personne adorée était elle-même trop absorbée par les complications de sa propre dévêture et par les petites mines effarouchées qui – croient-elles ! – s’imposent en ces affaires pour prendre le temps d’examiner mon tour de mollet et, preste, je sautais cacher ma honte sous le…

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dévêture"?
"dévêture" is spelled D-É-V-Ê-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.vɛ.tyʁ\.
What does "dévêture" mean?
As a noun, "dévêture" means: Action de dévêtir.
How do you pronounce "dévêture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dévêture" is \de.vɛ.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dévêture" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list