Which to use
“dédier” and “deviez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,462
- “dédier” frequency rank
- #25,966
- “deviez” frequency rank
- 57428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dédier | deviez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Consacrer au culte divin. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes dédier and deviez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dédier and deviez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dédier with deviez
A purely visual mix-up. dédier (\de.dje\) and deviez (\də.vje\) 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 57428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dédier is recorded at frequency rank #31,462, classified as averb, pronounced \de.dje\. deviez is at rank #25,966, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.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 57428, this pair ranks #115,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dédier vs deviez
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dédier": ré. Private to "deviez": vz.
"dédier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "deviez" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deviez ← ddeviez · deivez · deveiz · deviezz · devize · devviez · dveiez · edviez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dédier" and "deviez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dédier" or "deviez" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dédier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deviez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dédier" and "deviez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dédier vs déviée". 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 #115,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.