dévoiler

/\de.vwa.le\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,160

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

dévoiler is aFrenchverb. It means: Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile. Pronounced \de.vwa.le\. It ranks #9,160 in French word frequency. Often confused with devoir and dévorer.

Key facts for dévoiler
PropertyValue
Headworddévoiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.vwa.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,160
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dévoiler in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dévoiler is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.vwa.le\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,160 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dévoiler, with forms such as "ddévoiler", "devoiler", and "dvéoiler". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "devoir", "dévorer", "dévoilera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dévoiler, spelled D-É-V-O-I-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile.
  2. 2
    Relever une religieuse de ses vœux.
  3. 3
    Dans une acception plus générale, dégarnir une chose d’un voile, de ce qui la cachait.
  4. 4
    Découvrir, rendre publique une chose qui était cachée, secrète ou simplement inconnue du public.
  5. 5
    Redresser une roue voilée.
  6. 6
    (réfléchi) Retirer son propre voile.
  7. 7
    (réfléchi) Cesser de se dissimuler, de dissimuler ses sentiments, ses intentions.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddévoiler,devoiler,dvéoiler,déoviler,dévioler,dévoielr,dévoilerr,dévoiller,dévoilre,dévolier,dévvoiler,édvoiler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dévoiler

Misspelling Variants of "dévoiler"

ddévoiler9devoiler8dvéoiler8déoviler8dévioler8dévoielr8dévoilerr9dévoiller9
Misspelling Variants of "dévoiler"

Frequency rank: #9,160 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dévoiler"?
"dévoiler" is spelled D-É-V-O-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.vwa.le\.
What does "dévoiler" mean?
As a verb, "dévoiler" means: Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile.
What words are commonly confused with "dévoiler"?
"dévoiler" is commonly confused with "devoir", "dévorer", "dévoilera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dévoiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dévoiler" is \de.vwa.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dévoiler" come from?
"dévoiler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.