Which to use
“dégainer” and “deviner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,268
- “dégainer” frequency rank
- #7,420
- “deviner” frequency rank
- 46688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégainer | deviner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tirer un instrument perçant ou tranchant de sa gaine, de son fourreau. | Prédire ce qui doit arriver, découvrir, par des sortilèges, ce qui est caché. |
Where the eye mixes dégainer and deviner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dégainer runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against deviner's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dégainer with deviner
A purely visual mix-up. dégainer (\de.ɡe.ne\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégainer is recorded at frequency rank #39,268, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ɡe.ne\. 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 46688, this pair ranks #192,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégainer vs deviner
Shared letters: deinr. Private to "dégainer": agé. Private to "deviner": v.
"dégainer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "deviner" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deviner ← ddeviner · deivner · devienr · devinerr · devinner · devinre · devnier · devviner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégainer" for "deviner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dégainer" vs "deviner" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dégainer" and "deviner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégainer" 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 #192,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégainer" and "deviner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégainer vs drainer". 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 #192,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.