démontrer

\de.mɔ̃.tʁe\

/\de.mɔ̃.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“démontrer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,752
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prouver d’une manière évidente et convaincante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demontrer · démontrer · French

démontrer · rank #4,752 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,752
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décrire

Nearest frequency peer: décrire (-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 « démontrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démontrer » 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).

démontrer vs démonte
78% similar
démontrer vs démontre
89% similar
démontrer vs démonter
89% similar

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

Key facts for démontrer
PropertyValue
Headworddémontrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.mɔ̃.tʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,752
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démontrer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démontrerse 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 « décrire » (#4,751), « esclaves » (#4,753), « découvertes » (#4,750). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démontrer » est au #4,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around démontrer (IPA \de.mɔ̃.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,752 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for démontrer, with forms such as "ddémontrer", "demontrer", and "dméontrer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "démonte", "démontre", "démonter", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is démontrer, spelled D-É-M-O-N-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prouver d’une manière évidente et convaincante.
  2. 2
    Fournir la preuve ou l’indice de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Montrer ; exhiber ; faire montre.
  4. 4
    Montrer, mettre sous les yeux, en parlant des leçons expérimentales dans telle ou telle science.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les physiciens, et notamment M. Bravais, ont démontré que les halos et les parhélies se produisent par suite de l'action exercée sur les rayons solaires traversant des cirrhus composés de petits prismes de glace.
  2. Nous avons, comme les sourds-muets, un langage par gestes, dont la nécessité vous sera bientôt et surabondamment démontrée.

This word in other languages

demonstrate(English)probar(Español)begründen(Deutsch)demonstrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémontrer
  • demontrer
  • dméontrer
  • démmontrer
  • démnotrer
  • démonntrer
  • démonrter
  • démonterr
  • démontrerr
  • démontrre
  • démontrrer
  • démonttrer
  • démotnrer
  • déomntrer
  • édmontrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddémontrer1demontrer1dméontrer2démmontrer1démnotrer2démonntrer1démonrter2démonterr2
Edit distance from "démontrer"

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 "démontrer"?
"démontrer" is spelled D-É-M-O-N-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ̃.tʁe\.
What does "démontrer" mean?
As a verb, "démontrer" means: Prouver d’une manière évidente et convaincante.
What words are commonly confused with "démontrer"?
"démontrer" is commonly confused with "démonte", "démontre", "démonter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démontrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démontrer" is \de.mɔ̃.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démontrer" come from?
"démontrer" 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 "démontrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

diagnostic15 variantsculturelles15 variantsimagination15 variantscollections15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list