Which to use
“degas” and “devos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,742
- “degas” frequency rank
- #40,210
- “devos” frequency rank
- 79952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degas | devos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enlever le gaz de. | Futur de devi. |
Where the eye mixes degas and devos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. degas and devos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses degas with devos
A purely visual mix-up. degas (\ˈde.ɡaz\) and devos (\ˈde.vos\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degas is recorded at frequency rank #39,742, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈde.ɡaz\. devos is at rank #40,210, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈde.vos\.
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 79952, this pair ranks #22,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degas vs devos
Shared letters: des. Private to "degas": ag. Private to "devos": ov.
"degas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "degas" and "devos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "degas" or "devos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "degas" and "devos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "degas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degas" and "devos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devins vs devos". 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 #22,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.