Which to use
“dévorant” is an adjective and “devront” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,006
- “dévorant” frequency rank
- #4,482
- “devront” frequency rank
- 49488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dévorant | devront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dévore. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes dévorant and devront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dévorant with devront
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dévorant is \de.vɔ.ʁɑ̃\ while devront is \də.vʁɔ̃\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dévorant is recorded at frequency rank #45,006, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.vɔ.ʁɑ̃\. devront is at rank #4,482, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vʁɔ̃\.
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 49488, this pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dévorant vs devront
Shared letters: dnortv. Private to "dévorant": aé. Private to "devront": e.
"dévorant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "devront" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devront ← ddevront · dervont · devornt · devrnot · devronnt · devrontt · devrotn · devrront
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dévorant" and "devront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dévorant" or "devront" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dévorant" and "devront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dévorant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dévorant" and "devront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs dévorant". 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 #170,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.