démolir

\de.mɔ.liʁ\

/\de.mɔ.liʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“démolir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,861
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abattre un bâtiment, une construction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demolir · démolir · French

démolir · rank #15,861 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,861
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déguisement

Nearest frequency peer: déguisement (-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 « démolir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démolir » 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).

démolir vs devoir
57% similar
démolir vs démolis
86% similar
démolir vs désoler
71% similar

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

Key facts for démolir
PropertyValue
Headworddémolir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.mɔ.liʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,861
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démolir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démolirse 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 « déguisement » (#15,860), « démonstrations » (#15,862), « déborde » (#15,859). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démolir » est au #15,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around démolir (IPA \de.mɔ.liʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,861 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 démolir, with forms such as "ddémolir", "demolir", and "dméolir". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "devoir", "démolis", "désoler", 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 démolir, spelled D-É-M-O-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abattre un bâtiment, une construction.
  2. 2
    Détruire le crédit, le respect ou la réputation.
  3. 3
    Démontrer qu'un problème d'échecs est insoluble dans la configuration proposée par le problémiste.
  4. 4
    Dégrader profondément la santé ou l’entrain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La veille du jour où il arrêta Eugène sur le cours Sauvaire, il avait publié, dans l’Indépendant, un article terrible sur les menées du clergé, en réponse à un entrefilet de Vuillet, qui accusait les républicains de vouloir démolir les églises.
  2. L’église fut démolie pendant le dernier siècle ; elle était de construction romane.

This word in other languages

demolish(English)demoler(Español)einreißen(Deutsch)desfazer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémolir
  • demolir
  • dméolir
  • démloir
  • démmolir
  • démoilr
  • démolirr
  • démollir
  • démolri
  • déomlir
  • édmolir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddémolir1demolir1dméolir2démloir2démmolir1démoilr2démolirr1démollir1
Edit distance from "démolir"

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 "démolir"?
"démolir" is spelled D-É-M-O-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ.liʁ\.
What does "démolir" mean?
As a verb, "démolir" means: Abattre un bâtiment, une construction.
What words are commonly confused with "démolir"?
"démolir" is commonly confused with "devoir", "démolis", "désoler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démolir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démolir" is \de.mɔ.liʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démolir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déborde#15,859dormait#15,855distant#15,852cynique#15,847

Similar misspelling depth

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

dissuader11 variantsdiaspora11 variantsfrissons11 variantsgarderie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list