Which to use
“démontée” and “démontrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,730
- “démontée” frequency rank
- #24,558
- “démontrée” frequency rank
- 65288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démontée | démontrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de démonté. | Féminin singulier de démontré. |
Where the eye mixes démontée and démontrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. démontée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against démontrée's 9 (CVCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: démontée vs démontrée
A purely visual mix-up. démontée (\de.mɔ̃.te\) and démontrée (\de.mɔ̃.tʁe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65288, 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\. démontrée is at rank #24,558, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.tʁe\.
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 65288, this pair ranks #73,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démontée vs démontrée
Shared letters: demnoté. Private to "démontée": -. Private to "démontrée": r.
"démontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "démontrée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "démontée" for "démontrée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "démontée" or "démontrée"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "démontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démontrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démontée" and "démontrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démontée vs déportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,022 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.