démêlures
\de.mɛ.lyʁ\
The verdict
“démêlures” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de démêlure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demelures · démêlures · French
démêlures · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démêlures |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.mɛ.lyʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « démêlures » en français
Rare enough to double-check
démêlures is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.mɛ.lyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de démêlure.".
démêlures has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is démêlures, spelled D-É-M-Ê-L-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de démêlure.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.