Which to use
“damier” is a noun and “dévier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,756
- “damier” frequency rank
- #22,248
- “dévier” frequency rank
- 60004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damier | dévier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plateau de jeu divisé en carreaux égaux, appelés cases, alternativement de deux couleurs différentes, comme noir et blanc, sur lesquels sont déplacées les pièces au jeu de dames ou au checkers. | Se détourner ; être détourné de sa direction. |
Where the eye mixes damier and dévier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: damier vs dévier
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: damier is \da.mje\ while dévier is \de.vje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
damier is recorded at frequency rank #37,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \da.mje\. dévier is at rank #22,248, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vje\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60004, this pair ranks #99,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damier vs dévier
Shared letters: deir. Private to "damier": am. Private to "dévier": vé.
"damier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dévier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- damier ← admier · daimer · dameir · damierr · damire · dammier · ddamier · dmaier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "damier" for "dévier" ever safe?
Frequency check: "damier" vs "dévier" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "damier" and "dévier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "damier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damier" and "dévier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damier vs damned". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #99,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.