démentivsdémonteTell them apart

Quick tell: démenti is a noun, démonte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“démenti” is a noun and “démonte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,347
“démenti” frequency rank
#24,949
“démonte” frequency rank
41296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démenti démonte
Definition Action de nier la véracité de ce que quelqu’un a affirmé. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démonter.

Where the eye mixes démenti and démonte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. démenti and démonte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
démenti
7 ch
démonte

Why the eye confuses démenti with démonte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: démenti is \de.mɑ̃.ti\ while démonte is \de.mɔ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démenti is recorded at frequency rank #16,347, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mɑ̃.ti\. démonte is at rank #24,949, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃t\.

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 41296, this pair ranks #234,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démenti vs démonte

Shared letters: demnté. Private to "démenti": i. Private to "démonte": o.

"démenti" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "démonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "démenti" and "démonte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "démenti" is a noun and "démonte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "démenti" or "démonte"?
"démenti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,347 in our French list, against #24,949 for "démonte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "démenti" and "démonte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "démenti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démonte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démenti" and "démonte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débouté vs démonte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #234,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list