Which to use
“dévie” is a verb and “devin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,008
- “dévie” frequency rank
- #20,977
- “devin” frequency rank
- 55985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévie | devin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévier. | Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées. |
Where the eye mixes dévie and devin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dévie (CVCVV) and devin (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dévie vs devin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dévie is \de.vi\ while devin is \də.vɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dévie is recorded at frequency rank #35,008, classified as averb, pronounced \de.vi\. 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 55985, this pair ranks #123,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévie vs devin
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "dévie": é. Private to "devin": n.
"dévie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "devin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devin ← ddevin · deivn · devinn · devni · devvin · dvein · edvin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dévie" and "devin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dévie" vs "devin" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévie" 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 #123,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévie" and "devin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dévie". 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 #123,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.