dévastatrice vs dévastatrices, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#37,785
“dévastatrice” frequency rank: #46,734
“dévastatrices” frequency rank: 84519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dévastatrice	dévastatrices
Definition	Celle qui dévaste.	Pluriel de dévastatrice.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dévastatrice and dévastatrices apart are highlighted. They share 12 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

12 ch

dévastatrice

13 ch

dévastatrices

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. dévastatrice and dévastatrices are pronounced identically (\de.vas.ta.tʁis\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dévastatrice” sits inside “dévastatrices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dévastatrice is recorded at frequency rank #37,785, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.vas.ta.tʁis\. dévastatrices is at rank #46,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.vas.ta.tʁis\.

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 84519, this pair ranks #12,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dévastatrice vs dévastatrices

Shared letters: acdeirstvé. Private to "dévastatrice": -. Private to "dévastatrices": -.

"dévastatrice" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV · "dévastatrices" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC

Frequency comparison

dévastatrice#37,785

dévastatrices#46,734

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dévastatrice" and "dévastatrices" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.vas.ta.tʁis\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "dévastatrice" or "dévastatrices"?

"dévastatrice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,785 in our French list, against #46,734 for "dévastatrices". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering dévastatrice vs dévastatrices

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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