Which to use
“dévoilées” is a verb and “dévolues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,393
- “dévoilées” frequency rank
- #46,133
- “dévolues” frequency rank
- 78526
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévoilées | dévolues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de dévoiler. | Féminin pluriel de dévolu. |
Where the eye mixes dévoilées and dévolues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dévoilées runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVVC) against dévolues's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dévoilées vs dévolues
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dévoilées is \de.vwa.le\ while dévolues is \de.vɔ.ly\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78526, 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\. dévolues is at rank #46,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vɔ.ly\.
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 78526, this pair ranks #25,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dévoilées vs dévolues
Shared letters: delosvé. Private to "dévoilées": i. Private to "dévolues": u.
"dévoilées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC · "dévolues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dévoilées" for "dévolues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dévoilées" or "dévolues"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoilées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévolues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévoilées" and "dévolues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévolues vs dévolus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.