Which to use
“devants” and “devons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,169
- “devants” frequency rank
- #2,314
- “devons” frequency rank
- 25483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devants | devons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de devant. | Pluriel de devon. |
Where the eye mixes devants and devons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses devants with devons
A purely visual mix-up. devants (\də.vɑ̃\) and devons (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devants is recorded at frequency rank #23,169, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.vɑ̃\. devons is at rank #2,314, 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 25483, this pair ranks #340,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devants vs devons
Shared letters: densv. Private to "devants": at. Private to "devons": o.
"devants" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "devons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devants" and "devons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "devants" or "devons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "devants" and "devons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "devants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devants" and "devons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devants vs déviants". 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 #340,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.