Which to use
“démarche” and “démarches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,822
- “démarche” frequency rank
- #6,079
- “démarches” frequency rank
- 8901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démarche | démarches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de marcher. | Pluriel de démarche. |
Same sound, different letters: démarche vs démarches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. démarche runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against démarches's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - démarche and démarches
This is the hard kind. démarche and démarches are pronounced identically (\de.maʁʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “démarche” sits inside “démarches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démarche is recorded at frequency rank #2,822, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.maʁʃ\. démarches is at rank #6,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.maʁʃ\.
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 8901, this pair ranks #418,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of démarche vs démarches
Shared letters: acdehmré. Private to "démarche": -. Private to "démarches": s.
"démarche" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "démarches" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "démarche" and "démarches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "démarche" vs "démarches" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "démarche" / "démarches". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "démarche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démarches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démarche" and "démarches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démarchage vs démarche". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #418,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.