demie

\də.mi\

/\də.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“demie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,492
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demi-heure. Note d’usage : On dit de une heure et demie à onze heures et demie, mais rarement les autres (sinon midi, ou minuit, et demi, qui ne sont plus de la même forme).

Corpus desk

Index FR-demie · demie · French

demie · rank #6,492 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,492
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Davis

Nearest frequency peer: Davis (-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 « demie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « demie » 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).

demie vs die
60% similar
demie vs déni
40% similar
demie vs demo
60% similar

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

Key facts for demie
PropertyValue
Headworddemie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.mi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,492
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demie »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Davis » (#6,491), « devienne » (#6,493), « créés » (#6,489). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demie » est au #6,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around demie (IPA \də.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,492 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for demie, with forms such as "ddemie", "deime", and "demei". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "die", "déni", "demo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is demie, spelled D-E-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demi-heure. Note d’usage : On dit de une heure et demie à onze heures et demie, mais rarement les autres (sinon midi, ou minuit, et demi, qui ne sont plus de la même forme).
  2. 2
    Demi-finale.
  3. 3
    Quantité de vin de 0,375 L.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin, la pendule-réclame Guérin-Boutron, fixée près d’une cabine de téléphone, marquait une fois pour toutes la demie de minuit, en cas de contestation.
  2. Huit heures et demie : Gregory se lance dans la cuisine, claquant la porte.

Synonyms

fillette

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemie
  • deime
  • demei
  • demmie
  • dmeie
  • edmie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddemie1deime2demei2demmie1dmeie2edmie2
Edit distance from "demie"

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 "demie"?
"demie" is spelled D-E-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mi\.
What does "demie" mean?
As a noun, "demie" means: Demi-heure. Note d’usage : On dit de une heure et demie à onze heures et demie, mais rarement les autres (sinon midi, ou minuit, et demi, qui ne sont plus de la même forme).
What words are commonly confused with "demie"?
"demie" is commonly confused with "die", "déni", "demo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demie" is \də.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demie" come from?
"demie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Davis#6,491créés#6,489INSEE#6,517media#6,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bond6 variantsjust6 variantsémis6 variantsnick6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list