dévolu
\de.vɔ.ly\
The verdict
“dévolu” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,249. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,249
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transféré d’une personne à une autre, qui est échu à quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-devolu · dévolu · French
dévolu · rank #22,249 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,249
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dévier
Nearest frequency peer: dévier (-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 « dévolu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déterminants
déterminants
77,755 corpus weight
- déterminent
déterminent
77,754 corpus weight
- dévier
dévier
77,753 corpus weight
- dévolu
dévolu
77,752 corpus weight
- effacement
effacement
77,751 corpus weight
- effraie
effraie
77,750 corpus weight
What this shows « dévolu » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévolu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.vɔ.ly\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dévolu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dévolu (IPA \de.vɔ.ly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,249 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dévolu, with forms such as "ddévolu", "devolu", and "dvéolu". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "devon", "devos", "devons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dévolu, spelled D-É-V-O-L-U.
Definition
- 1Transféré d’une personne à une autre, qui est échu à quelqu’un.
- 2Affecté, consacré à une personne ou un usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dévolu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De temps en temps les sauvages m’invitaient à descendre et à me laisser tuer avant la fin du jour, afin de leur épargner la peine de me dépecer pendant la nuit. J’étais dévolu pièce par pièce aux différents chefs dont chacun désignait celle qu’il voulait avoir.
Pierre Savary avait au surplus l'administration des fiefs de Boutervilliers et de la Grimbardière, dévolus à ses enfants sur la succession de sa femme.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddévolu
- devolu
- dvéolu
- déovlu
- dévlou
- dévollu
- dévoul
- dévvolu
- édvolu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dévolu - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).