devient

\də.vjɛ̃\

/\də.vjɛ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“devient” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#683
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-devient · devient · French

devient · rank #683 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #683
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cher

Nearest frequency peer: cher (-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 « devient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devient » 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).

devient vs devin
71% similar
devient vs devint
86% similar
devient vs devine
71% similar

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

Key facts for devient
PropertyValue
Headworddevient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.vjɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#683
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.devientse 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 « cher » (#682), « données » (#684), « chacun » (#681). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devient » est au #683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around devient (IPA \də.vjɛ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #683 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for devient, with forms such as "ddevient", "deivent", and "deveint". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "devin", "devint", "devine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is devient, spelled D-E-V-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’enfant se fait homme ou devient jeune fille, Et cependant que croît sa chair pleine de grâce, Son âme se répand par-delà la famille, Et cherche une âme sœur, une chair qu’il enlace.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevient
  • deivent
  • deveint
  • deviennt
  • devientt
  • devietn
  • devinet
  • devvient
  • dveient
  • edvient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devient - 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.

ddevient1deivent2deveint2deviennt1devientt1devietn2devinet2devvient1
Edit distance from "devient"

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 "devient"?
"devient" is spelled D-E-V-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vjɛ̃\.
What does "devient" mean?
As a verb, "devient" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir.
What words are commonly confused with "devient"?
"devient" is commonly confused with "devin", "devint", "devine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devient" is \də.vjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devient" come from?
"devient" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

données#684seconde#677plupart#675partout#674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

veulent10 variantscertain10 variantsdevenir10 variantstravaux10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list