déçois vs devons, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“déçois” is a verb and “devons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,584
“déçois” frequency rank: #2,314
“devons” frequency rank: 32898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	déçois	devons
Definition	Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décevoir.	Pluriel de devon.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set déçois and devons apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

déçois

6 ch

devons

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déçois is \de.swa\ while devons is \də.vɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déçois is recorded at frequency rank #30,584, classified as averb, pronounced \de.swa\. devons is at rank #2,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.vɔ̃\.

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 32898, this pair ranks #294,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déçois vs devons

Shared letters: dos. Private to "déçois": içé. Private to "devons": env.

"déçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "devons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

devons ← ddevons · deovns · devnos · devonns · devonss · devosn · devvons · dveons

Frequency comparison

déçois#30,584

devons#2,314

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déçois" and "devons" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déçois" is a verb and "devons" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "déçois" or "devons"?

"devons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,314 in our French list, against #30,584 for "déçois". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering déçois vs devons

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “déçois”; for a noun, it's “devons”.
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