démissionne vs démissionnent

Which to use

“démissionne” and “démissionnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,692
“démissionne” frequency rank: #46,130
“démissionnent” frequency rank: 56822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	démissionne	démissionnent
Definition	Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démissionner.	Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de démissionner.

Same sound, different letters: démissionne vs démissionnent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. démissionne runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVCCV) against démissionnent's 13 (CVCVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

démissionne

13 ch

démissionnent

Homophone desk: démissionne vs démissionnent

This is the hard kind. démissionne and démissionnent are pronounced identically (\de.mi.sjɔn\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “démissionne” sits inside “démissionnent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démissionne is recorded at frequency rank #10,692, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mi.sjɔn\. démissionnent is at rank #46,130, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mi.sjɔn\.

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 56822, this pair ranks #118,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démissionne vs démissionnent

Shared letters: deimnosé. Private to "démissionne": -. Private to "démissionnent": t.

"démissionne" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCV · "démissionnent" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démissionne" and "démissionnent" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.mi.sjɔn\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "démissionne" or "démissionnent" show up more?

"démissionne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,692 in our French list, against #46,130 for "démissionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "démissionne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "démissionnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #118,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"démissionne" and "démissionnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démissionnent vs démissionner". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #118,701 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.