Which to use
“Deville” is a name and “dévoile” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,766
- “Deville” frequency rank
- #7,180
- “dévoile” frequency rank
- 34946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Deville | dévoile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dévoiler. |
Letter map: Deville vs dévoile
Shared letters muted; letters that set Deville and dévoile apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - Deville and dévoile
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Deville is aname and dévoileaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Deville is recorded at frequency rank #27,766, classified as aname. dévoile is at rank #7,180, 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 34946, this pair ranks #280,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Deville vs dévoile
Shared letters: deilv. Private to "Deville": -. Private to "dévoile": oé.
"Deville" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "dévoile" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Deville ← ddeville · deivlle · devile · devilel · devlile · devville · dveille · edville
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Deville" and "dévoile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Deville" vs "dévoile" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Deville" and "dévoile".
- Full dictionary entry for "Deville" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Deville" and "dévoile" 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 #280,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.