Which to use
“demeurait” and “demeurent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,827
- “demeurait” frequency rank
- #8,093
- “demeurent” frequency rank
- 31920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demeurait | demeurent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de demeurer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demeurer. |
Where the eye mixes demeurait and demeurent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. demeurait (CVCVVCVVC) and demeurent (CVCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between demeurait and demeurent
A purely visual mix-up. demeurait (\də.mœ.ʁɛ\) and demeurent (\də.mœʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demeurait is recorded at frequency rank #23,827, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mœ.ʁɛ\. demeurent is at rank #8,093, tagged as averb, 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 31920, this pair ranks #300,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demeurait vs demeurent
Shared letters: demrtu. Private to "demeurait": ai. Private to "demeurent": n.
"demeurait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC · "demeurent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "demeurait" for "demeurent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "demeurait" vs "demeurent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "demeurait" and "demeurent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demeurait" and "demeurent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demeuraient vs demeurait". 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 #300,725 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.