Which to use
“démolis” and “démolit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,912
- “démolis” frequency rank
- #49,617
- “démolit” frequency rank
- 85529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démolis | démolit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de démolir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de démolir. |
Same sound, different letters: démolis vs démolit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. démolis and démolit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - démolis / démolit
This is the hard kind. démolis 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 - s in “démolis” becomes t in “démolit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démolis is recorded at frequency rank #35,912, 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 85529, this pair ranks #11,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démolis vs démolit
Shared letters: dilmoé. Private to "démolis": s. Private to "démolit": t.
"démolis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "démolit" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "démolis" 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 #11,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démolis" and "démolit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démolie vs démolit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.