Which to use
“demies” and “demis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,819
- “demies” frequency rank
- #35,459
- “demis” frequency rank
- 78278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demies | demis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de demi. | Masculin pluriel de demi. |
Same sound, different letters: demies vs demis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. demies runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against demis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - demies / demis
This is the hard kind. demies and demis are pronounced identically (\də.mi\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demies is recorded at frequency rank #42,819, classified as anadj, pronounced \də.mi\. demis is at rank #35,459, tagged as anadj, pronounced \də.mi\.
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 78278, this pair ranks #26,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of demies vs demis
Shared letters: deims. Private to "demies": -. Private to "demis": -.
"demies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "demis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demies" and "demis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "demies" vs "demis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "demies" / "demis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "demies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demies" and "demis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demies vs devins". 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 #26,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.