Which to use
“dévier” and “deviner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,248
- “dévier” frequency rank
- #7,420
- “deviner” frequency rank
- 29668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévier | deviner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se détourner ; être détourné de sa direction. | Prédire ce qui doit arriver, découvrir, par des sortilèges, ce qui est caché. |
Where the eye mixes dévier and deviner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dévier with deviner
A purely visual mix-up. dévier (\de.vje\) and deviner (\də.vi.ne\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dévier is recorded at frequency rank #22,248, classified as averb, pronounced \de.vje\. deviner is at rank #7,420, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vi.ne\.
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 29668, this pair ranks #315,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévier vs deviner
Shared letters: deirv. Private to "dévier": é. Private to "deviner": n.
"dévier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "deviner" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deviner ← ddeviner · deivner · devienr · devinerr · devinner · devinre · devnier · devviner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dévier" for "deviner" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dévier" or "deviner" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deviner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévier" and "deviner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévier 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 #315,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.