Which to use
“dévier” and “devriez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,248
- “dévier” frequency rank
- #7,552
- “devriez” frequency rank
- 29800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévier | devriez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se détourner ; être détourné de sa direction. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes dévier and devriez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dévier vs devriez
A purely visual mix-up. dévier (\de.vje\) and devriez (\də.vʁi.je\) 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 29800, 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\. devriez is at rank #7,552, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vʁi.je\.
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 29800, this pair ranks #314,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévier vs devriez
Shared letters: deirv. Private to "dévier": é. Private to "devriez": z.
"dévier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "devriez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devriez ← ddevriez · derviez · devirez · devreiz · devriezz · devrize · devrriez · devvriez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dévier" and "devriez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dévier" or "devriez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dévier" and "devriez" 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 "devriez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévier" and "devriez" 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 #314,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.