Which to use
“demies” is an adjective and “dômes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,819
- “demies” frequency rank
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- 82593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demies | dômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de demi. | Pluriel de dôme. |
Where the eye mixes demies and dômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between demies and dômes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demies is \də.mi\ while dômes is \dɔm\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82593, 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\. dômes is at rank #39,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\.
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 82593, this pair ranks #16,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of demies vs dômes
Shared letters: dems. Private to "demies": i. Private to "dômes": ô.
"demies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demies ← ddemies · deimes · demeis · demiess · demise · demmies · dmeies · edmies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demies" and "dômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "demies" vs "dômes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "demies" and "dômes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demies" and "dômes" 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 #16,417 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.