Which to use
“démarchage” and “démarrage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,269
- “démarchage” frequency rank
- #9,649
- “démarrage” frequency rank
- 48918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démarchage | démarrage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de démarcher. | Déplacement d’un navire, soit qu’on le démarre du poste qu’il occupe dans un port, ou que la force du vent, le mauvais temps fasse rompre ses amarres. |
Where the eye mixes démarchage and démarrage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. démarchage runs 10 letters (CVCVCCCVCV) against démarrage's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: démarchage vs démarrage
A purely visual mix-up. démarchage (\de.maʁ.ʃaʒ\) and démarrage (\de.ma.ʁaʒ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démarchage is recorded at frequency rank #39,269, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.maʁ.ʃaʒ\. démarrage is at rank #9,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ma.ʁaʒ\.
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 48918, this pair ranks #175,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of démarchage vs démarrage
Shared letters: adegmré. Private to "démarchage": ch. Private to "démarrage": -.
"démarchage" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCV · "démarrage" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "démarchage" and "démarrage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "démarchage" or "démarrage" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "démarchage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démarrage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démarchage" and "démarrage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démarchage vs démarche". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #175,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.