demonstration
\ˌdɛm.ən.ˈstɹeɪ.ʃən\
The verdict
“demonstration” is an uncommon French word, ranked #68,194 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,194
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Démonstration (en mathématiques, par exemple).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demonstration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌdɛm.ən.ˈstɹeɪ.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “demonstration” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for demonstration is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌdɛm.ən.ˈstɹeɪ.ʃən\. Corpus data places it at rank #68,194 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for demonstration, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is demonstration, spelled D-E-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Démonstration (en mathématiques, par exemple).
- 2Démonstration, événement au cours duquel quelque chose est démontré.
- 3Manifestation (de la rue, etc.), manif.
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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Using “demonstration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˌdɛm.ən.ˈstɹeɪ.ʃən\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.