démentent
\de.mɑ̃t\
The verdict
“démentent” is uncommon French (frequency #53,288 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,288
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de démentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dementent · démentent · French
démentent · rank #53,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,288
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démarreur
Nearest frequency peer: démarreur (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « démentent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- délecte
délecte
46,716 corpus weight
- délivrera
délivrera
46,715 corpus weight
- démarreur
démarreur
46,714 corpus weight
- démentent
démentent
46,713 corpus weight
- démesurées
démesurées
46,712 corpus weight
- déménages
déménages
46,711 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « démentent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démentent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.mɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « démentent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
démentent is uncommon French at frequency #53,288 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.mɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for démentent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is démentent, spelled D-É-M-E-N-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de démentir.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de démentir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how démentent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On espérait donc voir la vérité surgir au grand jour de la Cour d’Assises, moment où bien des criminels se démentent.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).