démettre

\de.mɛtʁ\

/\de.mɛtʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“démettre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,616
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retirer d’un emploi, d’une charge, d’une dignité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demettre · démettre · French

démettre · rank #49,616 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,616
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégénérée

Nearest frequency peer: dégénérée (-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 « démettre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démettre » 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).

démettre vs demeure
63% similar
démettre vs démontre
75% similar
démettre vs débattre
75% similar

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

Key facts for démettre
PropertyValue
Headworddémettre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.mɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,616
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démettre »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dégénérée » (#49,615), « démolit » (#49,617), « dédicacer » (#49,614). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démettre » est au #49,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around démettre (IPA \de.mɛtʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,616 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for démettre, with forms such as "ddémettre", "demettre", and "dméettre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "demeure", "démontre", "débattre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is démettre, spelled D-É-M-E-T-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retirer d’un emploi, d’une charge, d’une dignité.
  2. 2
    Renoncer à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Débouter.
  4. 4
    Déplacer un os, disloquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis, à partir de mars 1974, appliquant « la tactique du salami » il commença à se débarrasser l’un après l’autre de la plupart de ses ministres parchamis, soit en les réaffectant à des postes de moindre importance, soit en les démettant carrément.
  2. Il s’est démis de sa charge en faveur d’untel. - Dioclétien se démit de l’Empire.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémettre
  • demettre
  • dméettre
  • déemttre
  • démetre
  • démetrte
  • démetter
  • démettrre
  • démmettre
  • démtetre
  • édmettre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démettre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddémettre1demettre1dméettre2déemttre2démetre1démetrte2démetter2démettrre1
Edit distance from "démettre"

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 "démettre"?
"démettre" is spelled D-É-M-E-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɛtʁ\.
What does "démettre" mean?
As a verb, "démettre" means: Retirer d’un emploi, d’une charge, d’une dignité.
What words are commonly confused with "démettre"?
"démettre" is commonly confused with "demeure", "démontre", "débattre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démettre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démettre" is \de.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démettre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list