démontagevsdémontreTell them apart

Quick tell: démontage is a noun, démontre is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“démontage” is a noun and “démontre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,794
“démontage” frequency rank
#5,752
“démontre” frequency rank
38546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démontage démontre
Definition Action de démonter, de désassembler. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démontrer.

Where the eye mixes démontage and démontre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. démontage runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against démontre's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
démontage
8 ch
démontre

Visual trap between démontage and démontre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: démontage is \de.mɔ̃.taʒ\ while démontre is \de.mɔ̃tʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démontage is recorded at frequency rank #32,794, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.taʒ\. démontre is at rank #5,752, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃tʁ\.

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 38546, this pair ranks #254,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démontage vs démontre

Shared letters: demnoté. Private to "démontage": ag. Private to "démontre": r.

"démontage" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "démontre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "démontage" and "démontre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "démontage" is a noun and "démontre" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "démontage" or "démontre" show up more?
"démontre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,752 in our French list, against #32,794 for "démontage". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "démontage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démontre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démontage" and "démontre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démontage vs démontée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #254,533 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