A captain reported that lfpg (cdg) TRACON cleared them direct devim on the vedus 5W but they heard d...

Attributes
ACN	980734
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LFPG.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 124 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 3200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

On arrival into paris we were cleared to vedus. We were not give an arrival STAR or an expected STAR. Vedus 4W and vedus 5W were briefed. Paris then gave direct to devim. Both the first officer and I understood the clearance to be direct to divem. Paris asked if we were going direct to devim. I read back we were direct to divem. Paris finally spelled out the waypoint. Paris had change waypoint that day. Divem for vedus 4W; devim for vedus 5W. There was no problem as paris gave us a heading for the ILS 27R; normal landing. There was no company; country; or airport notams at our time of arrival. We received; a day later; notice from the company that there had been a major revisions to our nav charts. With language difficulty just reversing the letters I and east is not a good idea.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Captain reported that LFPG (CDG) TRACON cleared them direct DEVIM on the VEDUS 5W but they heard DIVEM on the VIDUS 4W and ATC ultimately provided a vector. Language and waypoint similarities were issues.

Narrative: On Arrival into Paris we were cleared to VEDUS. We were not give an arrival STAR or an expected STAR. VEDUS 4W and VEDUS 5W were Briefed. Paris then gave direct to DEVIM. Both the First Officer and I understood the clearance to be direct to DIVEM. Paris asked if we were going direct to DEVIM. I read back we were direct to DIVEM. Paris finally spelled out the waypoint. Paris had change waypoint that day. DIVEM for VEDUS 4W; DEVIM for VEDUS 5W. There was no problem as Paris gave us a heading for the ILS 27R; normal landing. There was no company; Country; or Airport NOTAMs at our time of arrival. We received; a day later; notice from the Company that there had been a major revisions to our Nav Charts. With language difficulty just reversing the letters I and E is not a good idea.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A captain reported that lfpg (cdg) TRACON cleared them direct devim on the vedus 5W but they heard divem on the vidus 4W and ATC ultimately provided a vector. Language and waypoint similarities were issues.