demi-mort
\də.mi.mɔʁ\
The verdict
“demi-mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Presque mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-mort · demi-mort · French
demi-mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | demi-mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də.mi.mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « demi-mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
demi-mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də.mi.mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Presque mort.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for demi-mort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is demi-mort, spelled D-E-M-I---M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Presque mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demi-mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me disais aussi que j’allais tomber dans un moment, qu’on me trouverait là, demi-mort, que ce serait un scandale de plus.
Les survivants, demi-morts, attendaient les secours.
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.