Which to use
“demeurer” and “demeurera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,483
- “demeurer” frequency rank
- #24,929
- “demeurera” frequency rank
- 35412
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demeurer | demeurera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’arrêter assez longtemps en un lieu. — Note d’usage : Conjugué avec l’auxiliaire être. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de demeurer. |
Where the eye mixes demeurer and demeurera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. demeurer runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against demeurera's 9 (CVCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between demeurer and demeurera
A purely visual mix-up. demeurer (\də.mœ.ʁe\) and demeurera (\də.mœ.ʁə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “demeurer” sits inside “demeurera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demeurer is recorded at frequency rank #10,483, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mœ.ʁe\. demeurera is at rank #24,929, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mœ.ʁə.ʁa\.
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 35412, this pair ranks #276,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demeurer vs demeurera
Shared letters: demru. Private to "demeurer": -. Private to "demeurera": a.
"demeurer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "demeurera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "demeurer" for "demeurera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "demeurer" vs "demeurera" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "demeurer" and "demeurera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demeurera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demeurer" and "demeurera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demeurée vs demeurera". 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 #276,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.