démentiel
\de.mɑ̃.sjɛl\
The verdict
“démentiel” is uncommon French (frequency #60,726 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,726
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la démence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dementiel · démentiel · French
démentiel · rank #60,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,726
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déduites
Nearest frequency peer: déduites (-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 « démentiel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- décuple
décuple
39,278 corpus weight
- décupler
décupler
39,277 corpus weight
- déduites
déduites
39,276 corpus weight
- démentiel
démentiel
39,275 corpus weight
- démerder
démerder
39,274 corpus weight
- démontra
démontra
39,273 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « démentiel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démentiel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.mɑ̃.sjɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « démentiel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
démentiel is uncommon French at frequency #60,726 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.mɑ̃.sjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for démentiel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is démentiel, spelled D-É-M-E-N-T-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la démence.
- 2Fou, dément, extravagant, hallucinant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how démentiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lésions neurologiques et maladies démentielles.
Une culture de la démence, davantage qu'une connaissance scientifique des processus démentiels, nous fait actuellement défaut, au moment où la progression quantitative de certaines pathologies neurologiques dégénératives -comme par exemple la maladie d'Alzheimer et les autres pathologies associées- est considérée en France comme un phénomène de nature épi…
This word in other languages
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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