devise

\də.viz\

/\də.viz\/ noun

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The verdict

“devise” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,050
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure accompagnée d’une phrase exprimant d’une manière allégorique et brève quelque pensée, quelque sentiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devise · devise · French

devise · rank #7,050 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,050
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH datant

Nearest frequency peer: datant (-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 « devise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devise » 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).

devise vs dise
67% similar
devise vs devos
67% similar
devise vs divine
67% similar

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

Key facts for devise
PropertyValue
Headworddevise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.viz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,050
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.devisese 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 « datant » (#7,049), « douloureux » (#7,051), « cure » (#7,048). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devise » est au #7,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around devise (IPA \də.viz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,050 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for devise, with forms such as "ddevise", "deivse", and "devies". 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, "dise", "devos", "divine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is devise, spelled D-E-V-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Figure accompagnée d’une phrase exprimant d’une manière allégorique et brève quelque pensée, quelque sentiment.
  2. 2
    Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries.
  3. 3
    Fasce réduite posée en chef.
  4. 4
    Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Billets de banque de tel ou tel État.
  6. 6
    Monnaie d’un pays étranger ou non.
  7. 7
    Actif financier dont le cours a valeur monétaire.
  8. 8
    Ligne de démarcation entre propriétés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La devise de Louis XIV était un soleil qui éclaire un monde, avec ces mots : Nec Pluribus Impar.
  2. Choisir une devise.

Synonyms

unité monétaireslogantrécarré

This word in other languages

coat of arms(English)lema(Español)Motto(Deutsch)lema(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevise
  • deivse
  • devies
  • devisse
  • devsie
  • devvise
  • dveise
  • edvise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevise1deivse2devies2devisse1devsie2devvise1dveise2edvise2
Edit distance from "devise"

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 "devise"?
"devise" is spelled D-E-V-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də.viz\.
What does "devise" mean?
As a noun, "devise" means: Figure accompagnée d’une phrase exprimant d’une manière allégorique et brève quelque pensée, quelque sentiment.
What words are commonly confused with "devise"?
"devise" is commonly confused with "dise", "devos", "divine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devise" is \də.viz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devise" come from?
"devise" 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 "devise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

datant#7,049dérive#7,052copies#7,041galère#7,063

Similar misspelling depth

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

crash8 variantsfoncé8 variantsAmiens8 variantsmoines8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list