Which to use
“déménage” and “déménagent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,147
- “déménage” frequency rank
- #37,778
- “déménagent” frequency rank
- 49925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déménage | déménagent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déménager. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe déménager. |
Same sound, different letters: déménage vs déménagent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. déménage runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against déménagent's 10 (CVCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - déménage and déménagent
This is the hard kind. déménage and déménagent are pronounced identically (\de.me.naʒ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “déménage” sits inside “déménagent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déménage is recorded at frequency rank #12,147, classified as averb, pronounced \de.me.naʒ\. déménagent is at rank #37,778, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.me.naʒ\.
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 49925, this pair ranks #166,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déménage vs déménagent
Shared letters: adegmné. Private to "déménage": -. Private to "déménagent": t.
"déménage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "déménagent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déménage" and "déménagent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "déménage" vs "déménagent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "déménage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déménagent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déménage" and "déménagent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déménagent vs détenaient". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #166,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.