Which to use
“délirer” and “deviner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,817
- “délirer” frequency rank
- #7,420
- “deviner” frequency rank
- 44237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délirer | deviner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avoir le délire ; être en délire. | Prédire ce qui doit arriver, découvrir, par des sortilèges, ce qui est caché. |
Where the eye mixes délirer and deviner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. délirer and deviner follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses délirer with deviner
A purely visual mix-up. délirer (\de.li.ʁe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délirer is recorded at frequency rank #36,817, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.ʁe\. 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 44237, this pair ranks #212,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délirer vs deviner
Shared letters: deir. Private to "délirer": lé. Private to "deviner": nv.
"délirer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "deviner" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deviner ← ddeviner · deivner · devienr · devinerr · devinner · devinre · devnier · devviner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "délirer" for "deviner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "délirer" vs "deviner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "délirer" 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 #212,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délirer" and "deviner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délier vs délirer". 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 #212,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.