démesurévsdemeuréeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,141
“démesuré” frequency rank
#31,439
“demeurée” frequency rank
59580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démesuré demeurée
Definition Qui excède la mesure ordinaire. Féminin singulier de demeuré.

Where the eye mixes démesuré and demeurée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. démesuré (CVCVCVCV) and demeurée (CVCVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
démesuré
8 ch
demeurée

Visual trap between démesuré and demeurée

A purely visual mix-up. démesuré (\de.mə.zy.ʁe\) and demeurée (\də.mœ.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59580, 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\. demeurée is at rank #31,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \də.mœ.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 59580, this pair ranks #102,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of démesuré vs demeurée

Shared letters: demrué. Private to "démesuré": s. Private to "demeurée": -.

"démesuré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "demeurée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "démesuré" and "demeurée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.mə.zy.ʁe\ versus \də.mœ.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "démesuré" vs "demeurée" - which ranks higher?
"démesuré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,141 in our French list, against #31,439 for "demeurée". 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 "démesuré" and "demeurée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "démesuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demeurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démesuré" and "demeurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démesuré vs démettre". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #102,369 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