devint

\də.vɛ̃\

/\də.vɛ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“devint” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,122
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de devenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devint · devint · French

devint · rank #5,122 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,122
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demandez

Nearest frequency peer: demandez (-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 « devint »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devint » 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).

devint vs divin
67% similar
devint vs devis
67% similar
devint vs devon
67% similar

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

Key facts for devint
PropertyValue
Headworddevint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.vɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,122
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devint »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).devintse 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 « demandez » (#5,121), « district » (#5,123), « dangereuse » (#5,120). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devint » est au #5,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around devint (IPA \də.vɛ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,122 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de devenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for devint, with forms such as "ddevint", "deivnt", and "devinnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "divin", "devis", "devon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is devint, spelled D-E-V-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de devenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De même le chasseur, quand il intervint pour guider les migrations naturelles des troupeaux, qu’il se contentait au début de suivre, devint un pasteur ; puis éleveur, quand il fit venir artificiellement, « agriculturalement », une partie du fourrage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevint
  • deivnt
  • devinnt
  • devintt
  • devitn
  • devnit
  • devvint
  • dveint
  • edvint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevint1deivnt2devinnt1devintt1devitn2devnit2devvint1dveint2
Edit distance from "devint"

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 "devint"?
"devint" is spelled D-E-V-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vɛ̃\.
What does "devint" mean?
As a verb, "devint" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de devenir.
What words are commonly confused with "devint"?
"devint" is commonly confused with "divin", "devis", "devon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devint" is \də.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devint" come from?
"devint" 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 "devint", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list