Which to use
“demie” is a noun and “démodé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,492
- “demie” frequency rank
- #34,998
- “démodé” frequency rank
- 41490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demie | démodé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demi-heure. Note d’usage : On dit de une heure et demie à onze heures et demie, mais rarement les autres (sinon midi, ou minuit, et demi, qui ne sont plus de la même forme). | Qui a cessé d’être à la mode. |
Where the eye mixes demie and démodé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. demie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against démodé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: demie vs démodé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demie is \də.mi\ while démodé is \de.mɔ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demie is recorded at frequency rank #6,492, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.mi\. démodé is at rank #34,998, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ.de\.
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 41490, this pair ranks #232,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demie vs démodé
Shared letters: dm. Private to "demie": ei. Private to "démodé": oé.
"demie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "démodé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- demie ← ddemie · deime · demei · demmie · dmeie · edmie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demie" and "démodé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "demie" or "démodé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "demie" and "démodé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démodé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demie" and "démodé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démodé vs diode". 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 #232,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.