déviéevsDevilleTell them apart

Quick tell: déviée is a verb, Deville is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déviée” is a verb and “Deville” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,005
“déviée” frequency rank
#27,766
“Deville” frequency rank
72771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déviée Deville
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de dévier. Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.

Letter map: déviée vs Deville

Shared letters muted; letters that set déviée and Deville apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
déviée
7 ch
Deville

Grammar separator: déviée vs Deville

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: déviée is averb and Devilleaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déviée is recorded at frequency rank #45,005, classified as averb, pronounced \de.vje\. Deville is at rank #27,766, tagged as aname.

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 72771, this pair ranks #42,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déviée vs Deville

Shared letters: deiv. Private to "déviée": é. Private to "Deville": l.

"déviée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "Deville" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Devilleddeville · deivlle · devile · devilel · devlile · devville · dveille · edville

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déviée" and "Deville" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déviée" is a verb and "Deville" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "déviée" vs "Deville" - which ranks higher?
"Deville" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,766 in our French list, against #45,005 for "déviée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "déviée" vs "Deville" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déviée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Deville" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déviée" and "Deville" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviée vs devins". 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 #42,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list