Which to use
“déminage” and “drainage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,480
- “déminage” frequency rank
- #20,701
- “drainage” frequency rank
- 56181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déminage | drainage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de déminer. | Action de drainer. |
Where the eye mixes déminage and drainage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déminage (CVCVCVCV) and drainage (CCVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between déminage and drainage
A purely visual mix-up. déminage (\de.mi.naʒ\) and drainage (\dʁɛ.naʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déminage is recorded at frequency rank #35,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mi.naʒ\. drainage is at rank #20,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɛ.naʒ\.
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 56181, this pair ranks #122,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déminage vs drainage
Shared letters: adegin. Private to "déminage": mé. Private to "drainage": r.
"déminage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "drainage" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- drainage ← darinage · ddrainage · draiange · drainaeg · drainagge · draingae · drainnage · draniage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déminage" for "drainage" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "déminage" or "drainage" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "déminage" and "drainage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déminage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drainage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déminage" and "drainage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démange vs déminage". 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 #122,705 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.