Which to use
“débiter” and “deviner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,810
- “débiter” frequency rank
- #7,420
- “deviner” frequency rank
- 44230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débiter | deviner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vendre d’une façon continue, répétée, surtout au détail. | Prédire ce qui doit arriver, découvrir, par des sortilèges, ce qui est caché. |
Where the eye mixes débiter and deviner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. débiter and deviner follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses débiter with deviner
A purely visual mix-up. débiter (\de.bi.te\) and deviner (\də.vi.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débiter is recorded at frequency rank #36,810, classified as averb, pronounced \de.bi.te\. deviner is at rank #7,420, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vi.ne\.
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 44230, this pair ranks #212,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of débiter vs deviner
Shared letters: deir. Private to "débiter": bté. Private to "deviner": nv.
"débiter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "deviner" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deviner ← ddeviner · deivner · devienr · devinerr · devinner · devinre · devnier · devviner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "débiter" and "deviner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "débiter" vs "deviner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "débiter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deviner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débiter" and "deviner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débiter vs désister". 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 #212,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.