Which to use
“déviée” is a verb and “dévoué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,005
- “déviée” frequency rank
- #17,942
- “dévoué” frequency rank
- 62947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déviée | dévoué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dévier. | Qui est disposé à tout faire pour être utile ou agréable à quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes déviée and dévoué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. déviée and dévoué follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: déviée vs dévoué
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déviée is \de.vje\ while dévoué is \de.vwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62947, 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\. dévoué is at rank #17,942, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vwe\.
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 62947, this pair ranks #84,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déviée vs dévoué
Shared letters: dvé. Private to "déviée": ei. Private to "dévoué": ou.
"déviée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "dévoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déviée" and "dévoué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "déviée" or "dévoué"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "déviée" and "dévoué" 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 "dévoué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déviée" and "dévoué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviée vs devins". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.