demeurent

\də.mœʁ\

/\də.mœʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“demeurent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,093. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,093
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demeurer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demeurent · demeurent · French

demeurent · rank #8,093 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,093
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuisiner

Nearest frequency peer: cuisiner (-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 « demeurent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « demeurent » 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).

demeurent vs demeurer
78% similar
demeurent vs demeures
78% similar
demeurent vs demeurera
78% similar

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

Key facts for demeurent
PropertyValue
Headworddemeurent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.mœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,093
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demeurent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).demeurentse 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 « cuisiner » (#8,092), « dense » (#8,094), « croissante » (#8,091). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demeurent » est au #8,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around demeurent (IPA \də.mœʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,093 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for demeurent, with forms such as "ddemeurent", "deemurent", and "demeruent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "demeurer", "demeures", "demeurera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is demeurent, spelled D-E-M-E-U-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demeurer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de demeurer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certes, il laisse entendre d’abord qu’en l’homme demeurent, virtuelles ou latentes mais inemployées, disons en forme de cul-de-sac, ces furtives velléités qui, dans l’enfance, firent de chacun de nous un presque-roi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemeurent
  • deemurent
  • demeruent
  • demeuernt
  • demeurennt
  • demeurentt
  • demeuretn
  • demeurnet
  • demeurrent
  • demmeurent
  • demuerent
  • dmeeurent
  • edmeurent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demeurent - 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.

ddemeurent1deemurent2demeruent2demeuernt2demeurennt1demeurentt1demeuretn2demeurnet2
Edit distance from "demeurent"

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 "demeurent"?
"demeurent" is spelled D-E-M-E-U-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mœʁ\.
What does "demeurent" mean?
As a verb, "demeurent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demeurer.
What words are commonly confused with "demeurent"?
"demeurent" is commonly confused with "demeurer", "demeures", "demeurera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demeurent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demeurent" is \də.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demeurent" come from?
"demeurent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déménager#8,099désespoir#8,102cliniques#8,080charmante#8,079

Similar misspelling depth

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

croissante13 variantsdésastre13 variantsinsertion13 variantsambitions13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list