Which to use
“demis” is an adjective and “Dumas” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,459
- “demis” frequency rank
- #11,952
- “Dumas” frequency rank
- 47411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demis | Dumas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de demi. | Nom de famille, connu notamment via Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) et fils (1824-1895), écrivains français. |
Where the eye mixes demis and Dumas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. demis and Dumas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: demis vs Dumas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demis is \də.mi\ while Dumas is \dy.ma\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demis is recorded at frequency rank #35,459, classified as anadj, pronounced \də.mi\. Dumas is at rank #11,952, tagged as aname, pronounced \dy.ma\.
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 47411, this pair ranks #187,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demis vs Dumas
Shared letters: dms. Private to "demis": ei. Private to "Dumas": au.
"demis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Dumas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demis" and "Dumas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "demis" or "Dumas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "demis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Dumas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demis" and "Dumas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demis vs denim". 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 #187,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.