Which to use
“déversé” and “diverses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,440
- “déversé” frequency rank
- #1,860
- “diverses” frequency rank
- 46300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déversé | diverses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est penché d’un côté. | Féminin pluriel de divers. |
Where the eye mixes déversé and diverses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. déversé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against diverses's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses déversé with diverses
A purely visual mix-up. déversé (\de.vɛʁ.se\) and diverses (\di.vɛʁs\) 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 46300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déversé is recorded at frequency rank #44,440, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.vɛʁ.se\. diverses is at rank #1,860, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.vɛʁs\.
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 46300, this pair ranks #196,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déversé vs diverses
Shared letters: dersv. Private to "déversé": é. Private to "diverses": i.
"déversé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "diverses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diverses ← ddiverses · dievrses · diveress · diverrses · diversess · diversse · diversses · divesres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déversé" for "diverses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "déversé" vs "diverses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "déversé" and "diverses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déversé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diverses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déversé" and "diverses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Demers vs déversé". 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 #196,022 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.