Which to use
“dames” and “démos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,140
- “dames” frequency rank
- #38,767
- “démos” frequency rank
- 42907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dames | démos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de dames, jeu stratégique à deux joueurs, se jouant avec des pions blancs et noirs sur un damier de 64, 100 ou 144 cases selon la variante des règles utilisée. | Pluriel de démo. |
Where the eye mixes dames and démos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dames and démos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dames vs démos
A purely visual mix-up. dames (\dam\) and démos (\de.mo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dames is recorded at frequency rank #4,140, classified as anoun, pronounced \dam\. démos is at rank #38,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.mo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42907, this pair ranks #222,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dames vs démos
Shared letters: dms. Private to "dames": ae. Private to "démos": oé.
"dames" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "démos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dames ← admes · daems · damess · dammes · damse · ddames · dmaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dames" and "démos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dames" vs "démos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dames" and "démos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dames" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dames" and "démos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DDoS vs démos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #222,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.