dévorer du regard
\de.vɔ.ʁe dy‿ʁ.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“dévorer du regard” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tenir les yeux fixement attachés sur une personne ou sur une chose, avec l’expression du désir ; jeter sur elle des regards avides.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dévorer du regard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.vɔ.ʁe dy‿ʁ.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dévorer du regard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dévorer du regard is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.vɔ.ʁe dy‿ʁ.ɡaʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tenir les yeux fixement attachés sur une personne ou sur une chose, avec l’expression du désir ; jeter sur elle des regards avides.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dévorer du regard, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dévorer du regard, spelled D-É-V-O-R-E-R- -D-U- -R-E-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Tenir les yeux fixement attachés sur une personne ou sur une chose, avec l’expression du désir ; jeter sur elle des regards avides.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dévorer du regard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-V-O-R-E-R- -D-U- -R-E-G-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.