Which to use
“Deville” is a name and “devils” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,766
- “Deville” frequency rank
- #24,930
- “devils” frequency rank
- 52696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Deville | devils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes. | Pluriel de devil. |
Letter map: Deville vs devils
Shared letters muted; letters that set Deville and devils apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for Deville / devils
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Deville is aname and devilsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Deville is recorded at frequency rank #27,766, classified as aname. devils is at rank #24,930, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdɛv.əlz\.
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 52696, this pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Deville vs devils
Shared letters: deilv. Private to "Deville": -. Private to "devils": s.
"Deville" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "devils" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Deville" and "devils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Deville" or "devils" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "Deville" vs "devils" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Deville" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Deville" and "devils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviée vs Deville". 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 #145,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.