Which to use
“dépôt” and “devon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,136
- “dépôt” frequency rank
- #24,540
- “devon” frequency rank
- 27676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépôt | devon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de déposer, de placer une chose en quelque endroit, ou de remettre, de confier une chose à quelqu’un. | Poisson artificiel servant d’appât. |
Where the eye mixes dépôt and devon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dépôt vs devon
A purely visual mix-up. dépôt (\de.po\) and devon (\də.vɔ̃\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépôt is recorded at frequency rank #3,136, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.po\. devon is at rank #24,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.vɔ̃\.
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 27676, this pair ranks #327,534 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépôt vs devon
Shared letters: d. Private to "dépôt": ptéô. Private to "devon": enov.
"dépôt" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devon ← ddevon · deovn · devno · devonn · devvon · dveon · edvon
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dépôt" and "devon" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dépôt" or "devon" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépôt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,534 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépôt" and "devon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devins vs devon". 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 #327,534 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.