faux dévot
\fo de.vo\
The verdict
“faux dévot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne simulant la dévotion pour servir ses propres intérêts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faux-devot · faux dévot · French
faux dévot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faux dévot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo de.vo\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
faux dévot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo de.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne simulant la dévotion pour servir ses propres intérêts.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faux dévot in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faux dévot, spelled F-A-U-X- -D-É-V-O-T.
Definition
- 1Personne simulant la dévotion pour servir ses propres intérêts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faux dévot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le personnage de Tartufe est le plus célèbre des faux dévots.
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Antonyms
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.