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

#24,949
“démonte” frequency rank
#13,365
“démonter” frequency rank
38314
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démonte démonter
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démonter. Arrêter le mouvement d’un mécanisme, qui a ensuite besoin d’être remonté.

Where the eye mixes démonte and démonter

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

7 ch
démonte
8 ch
démonter

Visual trap between démonte and démonter

A purely visual mix-up. démonte (\de.mɔ̃t\) and démonter (\de.mɔ̃.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “démonte” sits inside “démonter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démonte is recorded at frequency rank #24,949, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃t\. démonter is at rank #13,365, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.te\.

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 38314, this pair ranks #256,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démonte vs démonter

Shared letters: demnoté. Private to "démonte": -. Private to "démonter": r.

"démonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "démonter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démonte" and "démonter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.mɔ̃t\ versus \de.mɔ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "démonte" or "démonter" show up more?
"démonter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,365 in our French list, against #24,949 for "démonte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "démonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démonter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démonte" and "démonter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débouté vs démonte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #256,133 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