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

#19,804
“devrons” frequency rank
#4,482
“devront” frequency rank
24286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature devrons devront
Definition Première personne du pluriel du futur de devoir. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de devoir.

Same sound, different letters: devrons vs devront

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
devrons
7 ch
devront

Ear matches; page differs - devrons and devront

This is the hard kind. devrons and devront are pronounced identically (\də.vʁɔ̃\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “devrons” becomes t in “devront”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

devrons is recorded at frequency rank #19,804, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vʁɔ̃\. 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 24286, this pair ranks #347,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of devrons vs devront

Shared letters: denorv. Private to "devrons": s. Private to "devront": t.

"devrons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "devront" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • devronsddevrons · dervons · devorns · devrnos · devronns · devronss · devrosn · devrrons
  • devrontddevront · dervont · devornt · devrnot · devronnt · devrontt · devrotn · devrront

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "devrons" and "devront" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\də.vʁɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "devrons" or "devront" show up more?
"devront" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,482 in our French list, against #19,804 for "devrons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "devrons" 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 #347,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "devrons" and "devront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devins vs devrons". 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 #347,468 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