devoirs

\də.vwaʁ\

/\də.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“devoirs” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,836
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-devoirs · devoirs · French

devoirs · rank #3,836 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,836
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendre

Nearest frequency peer: descendre (-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 « devoirs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devoirs » 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).

devoirs vs devos
71% similar
devoirs vs devons
71% similar
devoirs vs dévore
57% similar

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

Key facts for devoirs
PropertyValue
Headworddevoirs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.vwaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,836
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devoirs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.devoirsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « descendre » (#3,835), « dira » (#3,837), « constituent » (#3,834). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devoirs » est au #3,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around devoirs (IPA \də.vwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,836 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de devoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for devoirs, with forms such as "ddevoirs", "deovirs", and "deviors". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "devos", "devons", "dévore", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is devoirs, spelled D-E-V-O-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de devoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Parfois il trouvait plaisir à trouver son fils ou sa femme en faute sur leurs devoirs de religion, et voulait impérieusement qu’ils exécutassent toutes les obligations imposées aux fidèles par la cour de Rome.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevoirs
  • deovirs
  • deviors
  • devoirrs
  • devoirss
  • devoisr
  • devoris
  • devvoirs
  • dveoirs
  • edvoirs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devoirs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddevoirs1deovirs2deviors2devoirrs1devoirss1devoisr2devoris2devvoirs1
Edit distance from "devoirs"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list