démasquer

\de.mas.ke\

/\de.mas.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“démasquer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,793
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire reconnaître quelqu’un en ôtant le masque qu’il a sur le visage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demasquer · démasquer · French

démasquer · rank #32,793 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,793
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déguisements

Nearest frequency peer: déguisements (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « démasquer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « démasquer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

démasquer vs démarque
78% similar
démasquer vs débarquer
78% similar
démasquer vs démarquer
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for démasquer
PropertyValue
Headworddémasquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.mas.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,793
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démasquer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.démasquerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « déguisements » (#32,792), « démontage » (#32,794), « déplorables » (#32,795). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démasquer » est au #32,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around démasquer (IPA \de.mas.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,793 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for démasquer, with forms such as "ddémasquer", "demasquer", and "dméasquer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "démarque", "débarquer", "démarquer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is démasquer, spelled D-É-M-A-S-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire reconnaître quelqu’un en ôtant le masque qu’il a sur le visage.
  2. 2
    Faire connaître quelqu’un pour ce qu’il est ; dévoiler, mettre en évidence la conduite secrète, les intentions cachées de quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Découvrir une batterie de canons, de mitrailleuses, jusque-là dissimulée et la mettre en état de tirer.
  4. 4
    Faire apparaître quelque chose jusque-là dissimulé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how démasquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle se démasqua en entrant.
  2. Pas un des masques ne voulut se démasquer.

This word in other languages

unmask(English)exponer(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémasquer
  • demasquer
  • dméasquer
  • déamsquer
  • démaqsuer
  • démasqeur
  • démasqquer
  • démasquerr
  • démasqure
  • démassquer
  • démasuqer
  • démmasquer
  • démsaquer
  • édmasquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démasquer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddémasquer1demasquer1dméasquer2déamsquer2démaqsuer2démasqeur2démasqquer1démasquerr1
Edit distance from "démasquer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "démasquer"?
"démasquer" is spelled D-É-M-A-S-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mas.ke\.
What does "démasquer" mean?
As a verb, "démasquer" means: Faire reconnaître quelqu’un en ôtant le masque qu’il a sur le visage.
What words are commonly confused with "démasquer"?
"démasquer" is commonly confused with "démarque", "débarquer", "démarquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démasquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démasquer" is \de.mas.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démasquer" come from?
"démasquer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "démasquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

démontage#32,794défensifs#32,790désuétude#32,796enclenché#32,801

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

englobant14 variantsfastidieux14 variantsflorilège14 variantscommodités14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list