dégoûtéevsdévouéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“dégoûtée” and “dévouée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,245
“dégoûtée” frequency rank
#25,296
“dévouée” frequency rank
66541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dégoûtée dévouée
Definition Féminin singulier de dégoûté. Féminin singulier de dévoué.

Where the eye mixes dégoûtée and dévouée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dégoûtée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against dévouée's 7 (CVCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dégoûtée
7 ch
dévouée

Look-alike desk: dégoûtée vs dévouée

A purely visual mix-up. dégoûtée (\de.ɡu.te\) and dévouée (\de.vwe\) 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 66541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dégoûtée is recorded at frequency rank #41,245, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡu.te\. dévouée is at rank #25,296, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vwe\.

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 66541, this pair ranks #67,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dégoûtée vs dévouée

Shared letters: deoé. Private to "dégoûtée": gtû. Private to "dévouée": uv.

"dégoûtée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV  ·  "dévouée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dégoûtée" and "dévouée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.ɡu.te\ versus \de.vwe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dégoûtée" or "dévouée"?
"dévouée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,296 in our French list, against #41,245 for "dégoûtée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "dégoûtée" and "dévouée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dégoûtée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dévouée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dégoûtée" and "dévouée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégoûtée vs déportée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #67,357 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list