Which to use
“délivrent” and “devinrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,225
- “délivrent” frequency rank
- #20,693
- “devinrent” frequency rank
- 60918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délivrent | devinrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de délivrer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de devenir. |
Where the eye mixes délivrent and devinrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. délivrent and devinrent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between délivrent and devinrent
A purely visual mix-up. délivrent (\de.livʁ\) and devinrent (\də.vɛ̃ʁ\) 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 60918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délivrent is recorded at frequency rank #40,225, classified as averb, pronounced \de.livʁ\. devinrent is at rank #20,693, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vɛ̃ʁ\.
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 60918, this pair ranks #95,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délivrent vs devinrent
Shared letters: deinrtv. Private to "délivrent": lé. Private to "devinrent": -.
"délivrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "devinrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devinrent ← ddevinrent · deivnrent · devinernt · devinnrent · devinrennt · devinrentt · devinretn · devinrnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délivrent" and "devinrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "délivrent" or "devinrent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "délivrent" and "devinrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devinrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délivrent" and "devinrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrent vs dérivent". 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 #95,091 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.