démoniaque vs démoniaques

Which to use

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

#23,845
“démoniaque” frequency rank: #39,270
“démoniaques” frequency rank: 63115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	démoniaque	démoniaques
Definition	Qui est possédé ou semble possédé du démon.	Pluriel de démoniaque.

Same sound, different letters: démoniaque vs démoniaques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. démoniaque runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVV) against démoniaques's 11 (CVCVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

démoniaque

11 ch

démoniaques

Same sound, different spelling - démoniaque / démoniaques

This is the hard kind. démoniaque and démoniaques are pronounced identically (\de.mɔ.njak\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “démoniaque” sits inside “démoniaques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démoniaque is recorded at frequency rank #23,845, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ.njak\. démoniaques is at rank #39,270, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ.njak\.

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 63115, this pair ranks #83,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of démoniaque vs démoniaques

Shared letters: adeimnoqué. Private to "démoniaque": -. Private to "démoniaques": s.

"démoniaque" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVV · "démoniaques" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "démoniaque" for "démoniaques" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.mɔ.njak\), 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 "démoniaque" or "démoniaques" show up more?

"démoniaque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,845 in our French list, against #39,270 for "démoniaques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"démoniaque" and "démoniaques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "démoniaque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "démoniaques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #83,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #83,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.