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

#45,005
“déviée” frequency rank
#17,691
“dévoilée” frequency rank
62696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déviée dévoilée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de dévier. Participe passé féminin singulier de dévoiler.

Where the eye mixes déviée and dévoilée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déviée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against dévoilée's 8 (CVCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
déviée
8 ch
dévoilée

Look-alike desk: déviée vs dévoilée

A purely visual mix-up. déviée (\de.vje\) and dévoilée (\de.vwa.le\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62696, 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\. dévoilée is at rank #17,691, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.le\.

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 62696, this pair ranks #85,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déviée vs dévoilée

Shared letters: deivé. Private to "déviée": -. Private to "dévoilée": lo.

"déviée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "dévoilée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déviée" and "dévoilée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.vje\ versus \de.vwa.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "déviée" or "dévoilée"?
"dévoilée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,691 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "déviée" and "dévoilée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déviée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dévoilée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déviée" and "dévoilée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviée vs devins". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #85,802 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