Which to use
“dévoilée” and “dévoilées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,691
- “dévoilée” frequency rank
- #32,393
- “dévoilées” frequency rank
- 50084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévoilée | dévoilées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dévoiler. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de dévoiler. |
Same sound, different letters: dévoilée vs dévoilées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. dévoilée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against dévoilées's 9 (CVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - dévoilée / dévoilées
This is the hard kind. dévoilée and dévoilées are pronounced identically (\de.vwa.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dévoilée” sits inside “dévoilées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dévoilée is recorded at frequency rank #17,691, classified as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.le\. dévoilées is at rank #32,393, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.le\.
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 50084, this pair ranks #165,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévoilée vs dévoilées
Shared letters: deilové. Private to "dévoilée": -. Private to "dévoilées": s.
"dévoilée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "dévoilées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dévoilée" and "dévoilées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dévoilée" or "dévoilées"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "dévoilée" / "dévoilées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoilées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévoilée" and "dévoilées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévoilées vs dévolues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #165,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.