dévoiléesvsdévoilentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,393
“dévoilées” frequency rank
#24,204
“dévoilent” frequency rank
56597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes dévoilées and dévoilent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dévoilées (CVCVVCVVC) and dévoilent (CVCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
dévoilées
9 ch
dévoilent

Look-alike desk: dévoilées vs dévoilent

A purely visual mix-up. dévoilées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dévoilées is recorded at frequency rank #32,393, 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 56597, this pair ranks #120,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dévoilées vs dévoilent

Shared letters: deilové. Private to "dévoilées": s. Private to "dévoilent": nt.

"dévoilées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC  ·  "dévoilent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dévoilées" and "dévoilent" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "dévoilées" or "dévoilent"?
"dévoilent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,204 in our French list, against #32,393 for "dévoilées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dévoilées" 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 #120,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dévoilées" and "dévoilent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévoilées vs dévolues". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #120,091 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