dévêture
\de.vɛ.tyʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévêture |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.vɛ.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dévêture » en français
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
- 1Action de dévêtir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dévêture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.