Which to use
“degli” is an article and “démoli” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,274
- “degli” frequency rank
- #21,297
- “démoli” frequency rank
- 63571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degli | démoli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Article contracté souvent traduit par des. Note d’usage : il s’emploie alternativement à dei devant les consonnes impures : s, gn, pn, ps, x, z. | Participe passé masculin singulier de démolir. |
Where the eye mixes degli and démoli
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. degli runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against démoli's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: degli vs démoli
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: degli is \ˈdeʎ.ʎi\ while démoli is \de.mɔ.li\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (article vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degli is recorded at frequency rank #42,274, classified as anarticle, pronounced \ˈdeʎ.ʎi\. démoli is at rank #21,297, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ.li\.
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 63571, this pair ranks #81,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degli vs démoli
Shared letters: dil. Private to "degli": eg. Private to "démoli": moé.
"degli" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "démoli" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- degli ← ddegli · deggli · degil · deglli · delgi · dgeli · edgli
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degli" for "démoli" ever safe?
Frequency check: "degli" vs "démoli" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "degli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démoli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degli" and "démoli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs DGSI". 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 #81,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.