démentir

\de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\

/\de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“démentir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,415
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contredire quelqu’un en niant la véracité de ce qu’il a affirmé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dementir · démentir · French

démentir · rank #27,415 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,415
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH défavorisées

Nearest frequency peer: défavorisées (-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 « démentir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démentir » 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).

démentir vs devenir
63% similar
démentir vs démonter
75% similar
démentir vs démentis
88% similar

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

Key facts for démentir
PropertyValue
Headworddémentir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,415
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démentir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démentirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « défavorisées » (#27,414), « dépends » (#27,416), « déploient » (#27,417). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démentir » est au #27,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around démentir (IPA \de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,415 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for démentir, with forms such as "ddémentir", "dementir", and "dméentir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "devenir", "démonter", "démentis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is démentir, spelled D-É-M-E-N-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contredire quelqu’un en niant la véracité de ce qu’il a affirmé.
  2. 2
    Contredire un fait comme étant faux, supposé, controuvé.
  3. 3
    Ne pas confirmer les paroles, l’opinion, la supposition de soi-même ou d’autrui.
  4. 4
    Faire des choses indignes de.
  5. 5
    N’être pas digne de, n’être pas conforme à, en parlant des choses
  6. 6
    Cesser. Note d’usage : s’emploie sous forme négative pour dire que ça ne s’arrête pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Démentirez-vous ce fait désolant que, dans certaines fermes, l'ouvrier agricole touche une partie de son pauvre salaire sous la forme de bouteilles de blanche, c'est à dire d'eau-de-vie ?
  2. S’il dit cela, comptez sur moi pour le démentir.

Synonyms

contredireréfuterniercontesterdésavouers’opposers’inscrire en fauxinfirmerdédiredécevoirse dédire

This word in other languages

deny(English)dementieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémentir
  • dementir
  • dméentir
  • déemntir
  • démenitr
  • démenntir
  • démentirr
  • démentri
  • démenttir
  • démetnir
  • démmentir
  • démnetir
  • édmentir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddémentir1dementir1dméentir2déemntir2démenitr2démenntir1démentirr1démentri2
Edit distance from "démentir"

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 "démentir"?
"démentir" is spelled D-É-M-E-N-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\.
What does "démentir" mean?
As a verb, "démentir" means: Contredire quelqu’un en niant la véracité de ce qu’il a affirmé.
What words are commonly confused with "démentir"?
"démentir" is commonly confused with "devenir", "démonter", "démentis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démentir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démentir" is \de.mɑ̃.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démentir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

détendue#27,419douanier#27,409divorcée#27,408embryons#27,422

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

featuring13 variantscordonnier13 variantscontinuum13 variantschevreuil13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list