deviez

\də.vje\

/\də.vje\/ verb

The verdict

“deviez” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,966
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de devoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deviez · deviez · French

deviez · rank #25,966 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,966
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diablo

Nearest frequency peer: diablo (+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 « deviez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « deviez » 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).

deviez vs diez
67% similar
deviez vs devis
67% similar
deviez vs devin
67% similar

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

Key facts for deviez
PropertyValue
Headworddeviez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.vje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,966
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « deviez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).deviezse 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 « diablo » (#25,967), « diff » (#25,968), « dilatation » (#25,969). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « deviez » est au #25,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around deviez (IPA \də.vje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,966 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for deviez, with forms such as "ddeviez", "deivez", and "deveiz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "diez", "devis", "devin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is deviez, spelled D-E-V-I-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de devoir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de devoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous qui êtes un de plus pieux et assidus paroissiens, vous deviez plus que tout autre avoir été frappé du dénuement de notre maître-autel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddeviez
  • deivez
  • deveiz
  • deviezz
  • devize
  • devviez
  • dveiez
  • edviez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddeviez1deivez2deveiz2deviezz1devize2devviez1dveiez2edviez2
Edit distance from "deviez"

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 "deviez"?
"deviez" is spelled D-E-V-I-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vje\.
What does "deviez" mean?
As a verb, "deviez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de devoir.
What words are commonly confused with "deviez"?
"deviez" is commonly confused with "diez", "devis", "devin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deviez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deviez" is \də.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deviez" come from?
"deviez" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list