Which to use
“diablement” and “doublement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,828
- “diablement” frequency rank
- #12,767
- “doublement” frequency rank
- 60595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diablement | doublement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En diable, excessivement. | De deux manières, à un degré double. |
Where the eye mixes diablement and doublement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. diablement and doublement follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between diablement and doublement
A purely visual mix-up. diablement (\djɑ.blə.mɑ̃\) and doublement (\du.blə.mɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diablement is recorded at frequency rank #47,828, classified as anadv, pronounced \djɑ.blə.mɑ̃\. doublement is at rank #12,767, tagged as anadv, pronounced \du.blə.mɑ̃\.
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 60595, this pair ranks #96,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of diablement vs doublement
Shared letters: bdelmnt. Private to "diablement": ai. Private to "doublement": ou.
"diablement" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC · "doublement" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diablement ← daiblement · ddiablement · diabblement · diabelment · diableemnt · diablemennt · diablementt · diablemetn
- doublement ← ddoublement · dobulement · doubblement · doubelment · doubleemnt · doublemennt · doublementt · doublemetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "diablement" for "doublement" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "diablement" and "doublement" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "diablement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doublement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diablement" and "doublement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diablement vs durablement". 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 #96,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.