Which to use
“devient” and “dévoilent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #683
- “devient” frequency rank
- #24,204
- “dévoilent” frequency rank
- 24887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devient | dévoilent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dévoiler. |
Where the eye mixes devient and dévoilent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: devient vs dévoilent
A purely visual mix-up. devient (\də.vjɛ̃\) and dévoilent (\de.vwal\) 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 24887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devient is recorded at frequency rank #683, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃\. dévoilent is at rank #24,204, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vwal\.
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 24887, this pair ranks #343,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devient vs dévoilent
Shared letters: deintv. Private to "devient": -. Private to "dévoilent": loé.
"devient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "dévoilent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devient ← ddevient · deivent · deveint · deviennt · devientt · devietn · devinet · devvient
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "devient" and "dévoilent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "devient" vs "dévoilent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "devient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoilent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devient" and "dévoilent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décollent vs dévoilent". 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 #343,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.