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Which to use

“dévoilée” and “dévoilent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,691
“dévoilée” frequency rank
#24,204
“dévoilent” frequency rank
41895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dévoilée dévoilent
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de dévoiler. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dévoiler.

Where the eye mixes dévoilée and dévoilent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dévoilée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against dévoilent's 9 (CVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dévoilée
9 ch
dévoilent

Look-alike desk: dévoilée vs dévoilent

A purely visual mix-up. dévoilée (\de.vwa.le\) and dévoilent (\de.vwal\) 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 41895, 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\. dévoilent is at rank #24,204, 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 41895, this pair ranks #229,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dévoilée vs dévoilent

Shared letters: deilové. Private to "dévoilée": -. Private to "dévoilent": nt.

"dévoilée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV  ·  "dévoilent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dévoilée" for "dévoilent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.vwa.le\ versus \de.vwal\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "dévoilée" or "dévoilent" show up more?
"dévoilée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,691 in our French list, against #24,204 for "dévoilent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "dévoilée" and "dévoilent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dévoilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dévoilent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #229,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dévoilée" and "dévoilent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décollent vs dévoilent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #229,753 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