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.
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?
In ordinary French text, does "dévoilée" or "dévoilent" show up more?
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.