demainvsdevinConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#601
“demain” frequency rank
#20,977
“devin” frequency rank
21578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demain devin
Definition Les temps à venir. Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.

Where the eye mixes demain and devin

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. demain runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against devin's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
demain
5 ch
devin

Look-alike desk: demain vs devin

A purely visual mix-up. demain (\də.mɛ̃\) and devin (\də.vɛ̃\) 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 21578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demain is recorded at frequency rank #601, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.mɛ̃\. devin is at rank #20,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.vɛ̃\.

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 21578, this pair ranks #362,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demain vs devin

Shared letters: dein. Private to "demain": am. Private to "devin": v.

"demain" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "devin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demain ← ddemain · deamin · demainn · demani · demian · demmain · dmeain · edmain
  • devin ← ddevin · deivn · devinn · devni · devvin · dvein · edvin

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demain" and "devin" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\də.mɛ̃\ versus \də.vɛ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "demain" vs "devin" - which ranks higher?
"demain" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #601 in our French list, against #20,977 for "devin". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "demain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "devin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #362,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demain" and "devin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "denim vs devin". 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 #362,447 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