dementieren
\demɛnˈtiːʁən\
The verdict
“dementieren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Démentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dementieren · dementieren · French
dementieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | dementieren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \demɛnˈtiːʁən\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dementieren » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dementieren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \demɛnˈtiːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Démentir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dementieren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dementieren, spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Démentir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dementieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madonna dementierte die Gerüchte, sie und ihr Mann hätten Eheprobleme.
Der Ex-US-Präsident (Trump) dementiert Berichte des britischen Geheimdienstes, wonach er an Orgien mit Prostituierten in Russland teilgenommen habe.
Antonyms
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.