devine

\də.vin\

/\də.vin\/ noun

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The verdict

“devine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,485
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de devineresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devine · devine · French

devine · rank #10,485 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,485
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendu

Nearest frequency peer: descendu (-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 « devine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devine » 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).

devine vs dine
67% similar
devine vs divin
67% similar
devine vs devis
67% similar

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

Key facts for devine
PropertyValue
Headworddevine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.vin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,485
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).devinese 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 « descendu » (#10,484), « directives » (#10,486), « demeurer » (#10,483). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devine » est au #10,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around devine (IPA \də.vin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,485 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de devineresse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for devine, with forms such as "ddevine", "deivne", and "devien". 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, "dine", "divin", "devis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is devine, spelled D-E-V-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de devineresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette dernière femme eut beau faire, eut beau dire, Moi devine, on se moque : eh ! messieurs, sais-je lire ? Je n’ai jamais appris que ma croix de par Dieu. Point de raisons : fallut deviner et prédire, Mettre à part force bons ducats, Et gagner malgré soi plus que deux avocats.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevine
  • deivne
  • devien
  • devinne
  • devnie
  • devvine
  • dveine
  • edvine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevine1deivne2devien2devinne1devnie2devvine1dveine2edvine2
Edit distance from "devine"

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 "devine"?
"devine" is spelled D-E-V-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vin\.
What does "devine" mean?
As a noun, "devine" means: Variante de devineresse.
What words are commonly confused with "devine"?
"devine" is commonly confused with "dine", "divin", "devis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devine" is \də.vin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devine" come from?
"devine" 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 "devine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cultes#10,480efface#10,492famine#10,500folles#10,503

Similar misspelling depth

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

foulée8 variantsIsrael8 variantsannuaire8 variantsabuser8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list