Which to use
“déforment” and “dorment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,044
- “déforment” frequency rank
- #12,551
- “dorment” frequency rank
- 61595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déforment | dorment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de déformer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes déforment and dorment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. déforment runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against dorment's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses déforment with dorment
A purely visual mix-up. déforment (\de.fɔʁm\) and dorment (\dɔʁm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déforment is recorded at frequency rank #49,044, classified as averb, pronounced \de.fɔʁm\. dorment is at rank #12,551, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\.
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 61595, this pair ranks #91,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déforment vs dorment
Shared letters: demnort. Private to "déforment": fé. Private to "dorment": -.
"déforment" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "dorment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dorment ← ddorment · domrent · doremnt · dormennt · dormentt · dormetn · dormment · dormnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déforment" for "dorment" ever safe?
Frequency check: "déforment" vs "dorment" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "déforment" and "dorment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déforment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dorment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déforment" and "dorment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs déforment". 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 #91,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.