Which to use
“dévoiler” and “devoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,160
- “dévoiler” frequency rank
- #843
- “devoir” frequency rank
- 10003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévoiler | devoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Découvrir ce qui était couvert d’un voile. | Avoir à payer une somme d’argent, à rendre ou à donner quelque chose que ce soit. |
Where the eye mixes dévoiler and devoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dévoiler runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against devoir's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dévoiler vs devoir
A purely visual mix-up. dévoiler (\de.vwa.le\) and devoir (\də.vwaʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10003, 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\. devoir is at rank #843, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vwaʁ\.
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 10003, this pair ranks #414,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dévoiler vs devoir
Shared letters: deiorv. Private to "dévoiler": lé. Private to "devoir": -.
"dévoiler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "devoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devoir ← ddevoir · deovir · devior · devoirr · devori · devvoir · dveoir · edvoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dévoiler" for "devoir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dévoiler" vs "devoir" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dévoiler" and "devoir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoiler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévoiler" and "devoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévoiler vs dévoilera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #414,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.