Which to use
“dévoilée” and “dévoiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,691
- “dévoilée” frequency rank
- #9,160
- “dévoiler” frequency rank
- 26851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévoilée | dévoiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dévoiler. | Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile. |
Same sound, different letters: dévoilée vs dévoiler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dévoilée (CVCVVCVV) and dévoiler (CVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - dévoilée and dévoiler
This is the hard kind. dévoilée and dévoiler 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26851, 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\. dévoiler is at rank #9,160, 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 26851, this pair ranks #332,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dévoilée vs dévoiler
Shared letters: deilové. Private to "dévoilée": -. Private to "dévoiler": r.
"dévoilée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "dévoiler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dévoilée" for "dévoiler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dévoilée" vs "dévoiler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "dévoilée" / "dévoiler". 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 "dévoiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévoilée" and "dévoiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviée vs dévoilée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #332,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.