démuni

\de.my.ni\

/\de.my.ni\/ adj

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The verdict

“démuni” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,304
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demuni · démuni · French

démuni · rank #42,304 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,304
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délocalisatio…

Nearest frequency peer: délocalisations (-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 « démuni »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démuni » 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).

démuni vs déni
67% similar
démuni vs démunis
86% similar
démuni vs démunies
75% similar

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

Key facts for démuni
PropertyValue
Headworddémuni
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.my.ni\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,304
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démuni »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).démunise 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 « délocalisations » (#42,303), « dénoncées » (#42,305), « dégonfler » (#42,302). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démuni » est au #42,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around démuni (IPA \de.my.ni\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,304 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for démuni, with forms such as "ddémuni", "demuni", and "dméuni". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "déni", "démunis", "démunies", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is démuni, spelled D-É-M-U-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la fin de l’hiver, nous étions très démunis.
  2. Toutes ces dépenses une fois payées, il se trouva fort démuni.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémuni
  • demuni
  • dméuni
  • démmuni
  • démnui
  • démuin
  • démunni
  • déumni
  • édmuni

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démuni - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddémuni1demuni1dméuni2démmuni1démnui2démuin2démunni1déumni2
Edit distance from "démuni"

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 "démuni"?
"démuni" is spelled D-É-M-U-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \de.my.ni\.
What does "démuni" mean?
As an adjective, "démuni" means: Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.
What words are commonly confused with "démuni"?
"démuni" is commonly confused with "déni", "démunis", "démunies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démuni"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démuni" is \de.my.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démuni" come from?
"démuni" 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 "démuni", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emmena#42,313endure#42,317Dionne#42,285diodes#42,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

groups9 variantsgrunge9 variantshouilles9 variantsHurley9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list