devin

Name: devin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\də.vɛ̃\

/\də.vɛ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“devin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,977
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devin · devin · French

devin · rank #20,977 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,977
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH Dakota

Nearest frequency peer: Dakota (-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.

cuits

79,027
côtoyer

79,026
Dakota

79,025
devin

79,024
dialectes

79,023
dicte

79,022

What this shows « devin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

devin vs din

60% similar

devin vs devra

60% similar

devin vs divin

80% similar

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

Key facts for devin
Property	Value
Headword	devin
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\də.vɛ̃\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#20,977
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).devinse place ici:

#20,977

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Dakota » (#20,976), « dialectes » (#20,978), « côtoyer » (#20,975). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devin » est au #20,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around devin (IPA \də.vɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,977 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for devin, with forms such as "ddevin", "deivn", and "devinn". 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, "din", "devra", "divin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is devin, spelled D-E-V-I-N.

Definition

1
Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Chrysis avait toujours ignoré cela, le devin ayant dit à sa mère combien il est dangereux de révéler aux gens les prophéties dont ils sont l'objet.

This word in other languages

soothsayer(English)adivinador(Español)Wahrsager(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddevin
deivn
devinn
devni
devvin
dvein
edvin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "devin"

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 "devin"?

"devin" is spelled D-E-V-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vɛ̃\.

What does "devin" mean?

As a noun, "devin" means: Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.

What words are commonly confused with "devin"?

"devin" is commonly confused with "din", "devra", "divin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "devin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devin" is \də.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "devin" come from?

"devin" 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 "devin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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