Which to use
“Davis” is a name and “dévie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,491
- “Davis” frequency rank
- #35,008
- “dévie” frequency rank
- 41499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Davis | dévie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille anglophone. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévier. |
Letter map: Davis vs dévie
Shared letters muted; letters that set Davis and dévie apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: Davis vs dévie
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Davis is aname and dévieaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Davis is recorded at frequency rank #6,491, classified as aname. dévie is at rank #35,008, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vi\.
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 41499, this pair ranks #232,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Davis vs dévie
Shared letters: div. Private to "Davis": as. Private to "dévie": eé.
"Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dévie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Davis ← advis · daivs · daviss · davsi · davvis · ddavis · dvais
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Davis" and "dévie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
You've compared "Davis" and "dévie". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Davis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Davis" and "dévie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dévie". 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 #232,647 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.