devrait

\də.vʁɛ\

/\də.vʁɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“devrait” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#413
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-devrait · devrait · French

devrait · rank #413 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #413
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH nord

Nearest frequency peer: nord (-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 « devrait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « devrait » 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).

devrait vs dirait
71% similar
devrait vs devras
71% similar
devrait vs durait
71% similar

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

Key facts for devrait
PropertyValue
Headworddevrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.vʁɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#413
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « devrait »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nord » (#412), « journée » (#411), « E » (#415). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « devrait » est au #413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around devrait (IPA \də.vʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #413 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for devrait, with forms such as "ddevrait", "dervait", and "devarit". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "dirait", "devras", "durait", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is devrait, spelled D-E-V-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Français Olivier Thomine, un jeune numéricien, vient d’élaborer un nouvel algorithme de compression prometteur qui devrait impacter tous ces domaines.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevrait
  • dervait
  • devarit
  • devraitt
  • devrati
  • devriat
  • devrrait
  • devvrait
  • dverait
  • edvrait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of devrait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddevrait1dervait2devarit2devraitt1devrati2devriat2devrrait1devvrait1
Edit distance from "devrait"

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 "devrait"?
"devrait" is spelled D-E-V-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.vʁɛ\.
What does "devrait" mean?
As a verb, "devrait" means: Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir.
What words are commonly confused with "devrait"?
"devrait" is commonly confused with "dirait", "devras", "durait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devrait" is \də.vʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devrait" come from?
"devrait" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "devrait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

journée#411minutes#402manière#425parfois#436

Similar misspelling depth

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

plutôt10 variantsimporte10 variantslorsque10 variantsconseil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list