demeure
\də.mœʁ\
The verdict
“demeure” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,991
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitation, domicile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demeure · demeure · French
demeure · rank #1,991 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,991
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH discussion
Nearest frequency peer: discussion (+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 « demeure »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- clé
clé
98,014 corpus weight
- comportement
comportement
98,013 corpus weight
- demeure
demeure
98,010 corpus weight
- discussion
discussion
98,009 corpus weight
- Distribution
Distribution
98,008 corpus weight
- division
division
98,007 corpus weight
What this shows « demeure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demeure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demeure »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around demeure (IPA \də.mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,991 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for demeure, with forms such as "ddemeure", "deemure", and "demerue". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Deneuve", "demeurer", "demeures", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is demeure, spelled D-E-M-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Habitation, domicile.
- 2Retard, temps qui court au-delà du terme où l’on est tenu de payer ou de faire quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demeure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jour est tombé, et dans la nuit sans lune les misérables relais avec leur lampe fumeuse apparaissent tout d'un coup comme la demeure du veilleur des morts.
Cette demeure me rappelait tout à fait celle des paysans canariens : elle se composait de deux petites pièces éclairées par des lucarnes qui ne s'ouvraient point; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemeure
- deemure
- demerue
- demeuer
- demeurre
- demmeure
- demuere
- dmeeure
- edmeure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demeure - 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.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).