démarche
\de.maʁʃ\
The verdict
“démarche” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,822
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manière de marcher.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démarche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.maʁʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “démarche” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around démarche (IPA \de.maʁʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,822 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for démarche, with forms such as "ddémarche", "demarche", and "dméarche". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "démarre", "détache", "dimanche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is démarche, spelled D-É-M-A-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Manière de marcher.
- 2Allées et venues, efforts plus ou moins actifs, en vue de la réussite d’une entreprise, d’une affaire.
- 3Tentative faite auprès de quelqu'un pour mener à bien une entreprise.
- 4Proposition artistique d'un artiste à travers ses différents travaux et supports.
- 5Attitude et procédure d'une personne ou d’une organisation, impliquant une orientation, des objectifs et des buts.
- 6Plaidoirie remise par une ambassade aux autorités du pays dans lequel elle se trouve, à la demande de ses autorités nationales. Cette plaidoirie prend la forme d’une note ou d'un aide-mémoire et vise à obtenir un soutien, à lever des mesures de rétorsion, etc.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddémarche
- demarche
- dméarche
- déamrche
- démacrhe
- démarcche
- démarceh
- démarchhe
- démarhce
- démarrche
- démmarche
- démrache
- édmarche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démarche - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “démarche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-M-A-R-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.maʁʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “démarre” - see the side-by-side comparison. démarche vs démarre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.