Which to use
“demeurée” is an adjective and “demeurer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,439
- “demeurée” frequency rank
- #10,483
- “demeurer” frequency rank
- 41922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demeurée | demeurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de demeuré. | S’arrêter assez longtemps en un lieu. — Note d’usage : Conjugué avec l’auxiliaire être. |
Same sound, different letters: demeurée vs demeurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. demeurée (CVCVVCVV) and demeurer (CVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: demeurée vs demeurer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: demeurée and demeurer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \də.mœ.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demeurée is recorded at frequency rank #31,439, classified as anadj, pronounced \də.mœ.ʁe\. demeurer is at rank #10,483, tagged as averb, 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 41922, this pair ranks #229,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demeurée vs demeurer
Shared letters: demru. Private to "demeurée": é. Private to "demeurer": -.
"demeurée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "demeurer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demeurer ← ddemeurer · deemurer · demeruer · demeuerr · demeurerr · demeurrer · demmeurer · demuerer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demeurée" and "demeurer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "demeurée" or "demeurer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demeurée" and "demeurer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demeura vs demeurée". 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 #229,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.