dévoilervsdévoileraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,160
“dévoiler” frequency rank
#39,773
“dévoilera” frequency rank
48933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dévoiler dévoilera
Definition Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de dévoiler.

Where the eye mixes dévoiler and dévoilera

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

8 ch
dévoiler
9 ch
dévoilera

Visual trap between dévoiler and dévoilera

A purely visual mix-up. dévoiler (\de.vwa.le\) and dévoilera (\de.vwa.lə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “dévoiler” sits inside “dévoilera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dévoiler is recorded at frequency rank #9,160, classified as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.le\. dévoilera is at rank #39,773, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.lə.ʁa\.

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 48933, this pair ranks #174,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dévoiler vs dévoilera

Shared letters: deilorvé. Private to "dévoiler": -. Private to "dévoilera": a.

"dévoiler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "dévoilera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dévoiler" and "dévoilera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.vwa.le\ versus \de.vwa.lə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dévoiler" or "dévoilera"?
"dévoiler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,160 in our French list, against #39,773 for "dévoilera". 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 "dévoiler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dévoilera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dévoiler" and "dévoilera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévoilées vs dévoilera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #174,893 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