DevillevsdévoileWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Deville is a name, dévoile is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
Deville
7 ch
dévoile

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": .

"Deville" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "dévoile" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Devilleddeville · deivlle · devile · devilel · devlile · devville · dveille · edville

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Deville" and "dévoile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Deville" is a name and "dévoile" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Deville" vs "dévoile" - which ranks higher?
"dévoile" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,180 in our French list, against #27,766 for "Deville". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list