Which to use
“demeura” is a verb and “demeure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,909
- “demeura” frequency rank
- #1,991
- “demeure” frequency rank
- 30900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demeura | demeure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de demeurer. | Habitation, domicile. |
Where the eye mixes demeura and demeure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. demeura and demeure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: demeura vs demeure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demeura is \də.mœ.ʁa\ while demeure is \də.mœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “demeura” becomes e in “demeure”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demeura is recorded at frequency rank #28,909, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mœ.ʁa\. demeure is at rank #1,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.mœʁ\.
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 30900, this pair ranks #307,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demeura vs demeure
Shared letters: demru. Private to "demeura": a. Private to "demeure": -.
"demeura" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "demeure" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demeura" and "demeure" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "demeura" or "demeure"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "demeura" and "demeure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demeura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demeure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demeura" and "demeure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Demers vs demeura". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #307,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.