deviennent

\də.vjɛn\

/\də.vjɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“deviennent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,818
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de devenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deviennent · deviennent · French

deviennent · rank #2,818 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,818
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH conserver

Nearest frequency peer: conserver (-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 « deviennent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « deviennent » 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).

deviennent vs devinrent
80% similar
deviennent vs devienne
80% similar
deviennent vs détiennent
80% similar

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

Key facts for deviennent
PropertyValue
Headworddeviennent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.vjɛn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,818
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « deviennent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.deviennentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conserver » (#2,817), « do » (#2,819), « connaissances » (#2,816). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « deviennent » est au #2,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around deviennent (IPA \də.vjɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,818 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for deviennent, with forms such as "ddeviennent", "deivennent", and "deveinnent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "devinrent", "devienne", "détiennent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is deviennent, spelled D-E-V-I-E-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de devenir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de devenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le citoyen Tracy, mon collègue au Sénat, et mon confrère à l’Institut national, prouve, avec beaucoup de sagacité, que toute idée de corps extérieurs suppose des impressions de résistance, et que les impressions de résistance ne deviennent distinctes que par le sentiment du mouvement.
  2. Mitch pouvait continuer à proférer des énormités à son égard, elle comptait se conformer à son plan jusqu’à ce que les deux rejetons Kincaid deviennent proches.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddeviennent
  • deivennent
  • deveinnent
  • devienennt
  • devienent
  • deviennennt
  • deviennentt
  • deviennetn
  • deviennnet
  • devinenent
  • devviennent
  • dveiennent
  • edviennent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deviennent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddeviennent1deivennent2deveinnent2devienennt2devienent1deviennennt1deviennentt1deviennetn2
Edit distance from "deviennent"

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 "deviennent"?
"deviennent" is spelled D-E-V-I-E-N-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vjɛn\.
What does "deviennent" mean?
As a verb, "deviennent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de devenir.
What words are commonly confused with "deviennent"?
"deviennent" is commonly confused with "devinrent", "devienne", "détiennent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deviennent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deviennent" is \də.vjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deviennent" come from?
"deviennent" 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 "deviennent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

démarche13 variantscinquième13 variantsChristian13 variantsmunicipal13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list