démissionnentvsdémissionnerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#46,130
“démissionnent” frequency rank
#9,156
“démissionner” frequency rank
55286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démissionnent démissionner
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de démissionner. Donner sa démission.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set démissionnent and démissionner apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

13 ch
démissionnent
12 ch
démissionner

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. démissionnent (\de.mi.sjɔn\) and démissionner (\de.mi.sjɔ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démissionnent is recorded at frequency rank #46,130, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mi.sjɔn\. démissionner is at rank #9,156, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mi.sjɔ.ne\.

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 55286, this pair ranks #128,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démissionnent vs démissionner

Shared letters: deimnosé. Private to "démissionnent": t. Private to "démissionner": r.

"démissionnent" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVCC  ·  "démissionner" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVC

Frequency comparison

démissionnent#46,130
démissionner#9,156

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démissionnent" and "démissionner" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.mi.sjɔn\ versus \de.mi.sjɔ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "démissionnent" or "démissionner"?
"démissionner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,156 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.

Remembering démissionnent vs démissionner

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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