Which to use
“dévie” and “devoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,008
- “dévie” frequency rank
- #843
- “devoir” frequency rank
- 35851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévie | devoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévier. | Avoir à payer une somme d’argent, à rendre ou à donner quelque chose que ce soit. |
Where the eye mixes dévie and devoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dévie with devoir
A purely visual mix-up. dévie (\de.vi\) and devoir (\də.vwaʁ\) 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 35851, 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\. devoir is at rank #843, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vwaʁ\.
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 35851, this pair ranks #273,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévie vs devoir
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "dévie": é. Private to "devoir": or.
"dévie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "devoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devoir ← ddevoir · deovir · devior · devoirr · devori · devvoir · dveoir · edvoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dévie" and "devoir" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dévie" or "devoir"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dévie" and "devoir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévie" and "devoir" 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 #273,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.