démentie vs démentis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34,997
“démentie” frequency rank: #43,398
“démentis” frequency rank: 78395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	démentie	démentis
Definition	Féminin singulier de démenti.	Masculin pluriel de démenti.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set démentie and démentis apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

démentie

8 ch

démentis

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. démentie and démentis are pronounced identically (\de.mɑ̃.ti\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “démentie” becomes s in “démentis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démentie is recorded at frequency rank #34,997, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.mɑ̃.ti\. démentis is at rank #43,398, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mɑ̃.ti\.

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 78395, this pair ranks #25,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of démentie vs démentis

Shared letters: deimnté. Private to "démentie": -. Private to "démentis": s.

"démentie" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "démentis" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequency comparison

démentie#34,997

démentis#43,398

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démentie" and "démentis" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "démentie" or "démentis"?

"démentie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,997 in our French list, against #43,398 for "démentis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering démentie vs démentis

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