Which to use
“demeurent” and “demeurer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,093
- “demeurent” frequency rank
- #10,483
- “demeurer” frequency rank
- 18576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demeurent | demeurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demeurer. | S’arrêter assez longtemps en un lieu. — Note d’usage : Conjugué avec l’auxiliaire être. |
Where the eye mixes demeurent and demeurer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. demeurent runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against demeurer's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between demeurent and demeurer
A purely visual mix-up. demeurent (\də.mœʁ\) and demeurer (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demeurent is recorded at frequency rank #8,093, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mœʁ\. 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 18576, this pair ranks #377,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demeurent vs demeurer
Shared letters: demru. Private to "demeurent": nt. Private to "demeurer": -.
"demeurent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "demeurer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demeurent" and "demeurer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "demeurent" or "demeurer" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurent" 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 #377,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demeurent" and "demeurer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demeuraient vs demeurent". 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 #377,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.