Which to use
“deviens” and “devient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,181
- “deviens” frequency rank
- #683
- “devient” frequency rank
- 6864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deviens | devient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir. |
Same sound, different letters: deviens vs devient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - deviens / devient
This is the hard kind. deviens and devient are pronounced identically (\də.vjɛ̃\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “deviens” becomes t in “devient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deviens is recorded at frequency rank #6,181, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃\. devient is at rank #683, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃\.
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 6864, this pair ranks #424,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deviens vs devient
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "deviens": s. Private to "devient": t.
"deviens" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "devient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "deviens" and "devient" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "deviens" vs "devient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "deviens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deviens" and "devient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviants vs deviens". 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 #424,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.