démontéevsdémontreWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#40,730
“démontée” frequency rank
#5,752
“démontre” frequency rank
46482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démontée démontre
Definition Féminin singulier de démonté. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démontrer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set démontée and démontre apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
démontée
8 ch
démontre

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: démontée is \de.mɔ̃.te\ while démontre is \de.mɔ̃tʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - é in “démontée” becomes r in “démontre”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démontée is recorded at frequency rank #40,730, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.te\. 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 46482, this pair ranks #194,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démontée vs démontre

Shared letters: demnoté. Private to "démontée": -. Private to "démontre": r.

"démontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "démontre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Frequency comparison

démontée#40,730
démontre#5,752

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démontée" and "démontre" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "démontée" is an adjective and "démontre" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "démontée" or "démontre"?
"démontre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,752 in our French list, against #40,730 for "démontée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering démontée vs démontre

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “démontée”; for a verb, it's “démontre”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “démontée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list