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

#34,999
“démolie” frequency rank
#49,617
“démolit” frequency rank
84616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démolie démolit
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de démolir. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de démolir.

Same sound, different letters: démolie vs démolit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. démolie (CVCVCVV) and démolit (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
démolie
7 ch
démolit

Homophone desk: démolie vs démolit

This is the hard kind. démolie and démolit are pronounced identically (\de.mɔ.li\) 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 a single letter - e in “démolie” becomes t in “démolit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démolie is recorded at frequency rank #34,999, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ.li\. démolit is at rank #49,617, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ.li\.

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 84616, this pair ranks #12,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of démolie vs démolit

Shared letters: dilmoé. Private to "démolie": e. Private to "démolit": t.

"démolie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "démolit" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "démolie" and "démolit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.mɔ.li\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "démolie" vs "démolit" - which ranks higher?
"démolie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,999 in our French list, against #49,617 for "démolit". 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 "démolie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démolit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démolie" and "démolit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démolis vs démolit". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #12,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list