Which to use
“dévier” and “devinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,248
- “dévier” frequency rank
- #13,567
- “devinez” frequency rank
- 35815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévier | devinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se détourner ; être détourné de sa direction. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de deviner. |
Where the eye mixes dévier and devinez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dévier vs devinez
A purely visual mix-up. dévier (\de.vje\) and devinez (\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 35815, 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\. devinez is at rank #13,567, 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 35815, this pair ranks #274,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévier vs devinez
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "dévier": ré. Private to "devinez": nz.
"dévier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "devinez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devinez ← ddevinez · deivnez · devienz · devinezz · devinnez · devinze · devniez · devvinez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dévier" for "devinez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dévier" or "devinez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dévier" and "devinez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devinez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévier" and "devinez" 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 #274,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.