déménagement vs déménagements

Which to use

“déménagement” and “déménagements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,693
“déménagement” frequency rank: #41,248
“déménagements” frequency rank: 49941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	déménagement	déménagements
Definition	Action de déménager des meubles, des objets, etc.	Pluriel de déménagement.

Same sound, different letters: déménagement vs déménagements

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. déménagement runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCVCVCC) against déménagements's 13 (CVCVCVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

déménagement

13 ch

déménagements

Ear matches; page differs - déménagement and déménagements

This is the hard kind. déménagement and déménagements are pronounced identically (\de.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\) 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) - “déménagement” sits inside “déménagements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déménagement is recorded at frequency rank #8,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\. déménagements is at rank #41,248, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\.

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 49941, this pair ranks #166,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déménagement vs déménagements

Shared letters: adegmnté. Private to "déménagement": -. Private to "déménagements": s.

"déménagement" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCC · "déménagements" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déménagement" and "déménagements" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.me.naʒ.mɑ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "déménagement" vs "déménagements" - which ranks higher?

"déménagement" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,693 in our French list, against #41,248 for "déménagements". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "déménagement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "déménagements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #166,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"déménagement" and "déménagements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déménagement vs déménagent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #166,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.