Which to use
“démesuré” and “démesurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,141
- “démesuré” frequency rank
- #28,142
- “démesurée” frequency rank
- 56283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démesuré | démesurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui excède la mesure ordinaire. | Féminin singulier de démesuré. |
Same sound, different letters: démesuré vs démesurée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. démesuré runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against démesurée's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: démesuré vs démesurée
This is the hard kind. démesuré and démesurée are pronounced identically (\de.mə.zy.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “démesuré” sits inside “démesurée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démesuré is recorded at frequency rank #28,141, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.mə.zy.ʁe\. démesurée is at rank #28,142, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mə.zy.ʁe\.
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 56283, this pair ranks #122,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of démesuré vs démesurée
Shared letters: demrsué. Private to "démesuré": -. Private to "démesurée": -.
"démesuré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "démesurée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "démesuré" for "démesurée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "démesuré" or "démesurée"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "démesuré" / "démesurée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "démesuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démesurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démesuré" and "démesurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démesuré vs démettre". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #122,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.