dévoiement
\de.vwa.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“dévoiement” is uncommon French (frequency #65,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,907
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de dévoyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-devoiement · dévoiement · French
dévoiement · rank #65,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,907
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déséquilibrer
Nearest frequency peer: déséquilibrer (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dévoiement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déshonore
déshonore
34,100 corpus weight
- désolées
désolées
34,098 corpus weight
- désorientat…
désorientation
34,097 corpus weight
- déséquilibr…
déséquilibrer
34,096 corpus weight
- dévoiement
dévoiement
34,094 corpus weight
- Elba
Elba
34,091 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dévoiement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévoiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.vwa.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dévoiement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dévoiement is uncommon French at frequency #65,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.vwa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dévoiement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dévoiement, spelled D-É-V-O-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de dévoyer.
- 2Flux de ventre, diarrhée.
- 3Inclinaison d’un tuyau de cheminée ou d’un tuyau de descente, par extension ensemble de deux coudes opposés et d’un raccord.
- 4Fait de détourner un réseau (voies de circulation, télécoms, gaz...).
- 5Technique consistant à détourner subrepticement des communications à destination d’un domaine vers une adresse différente de son adresse légitime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dévoiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dévoiement, c’est celui du patriotisme allemand, révolutionnaire et antidynastique dans son principe, au profit de l’Ancien Régime allemand et européen et de sa « restauration » par le biais de l’idéologie médiévisante du romantisme.
Comment jugez-vous l’appel initié par Jean-François Kahn dénonçant un "dévoiement de la République" ?
This word in other languages
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.
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