démontéevsdémontrerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#40,730
“démontée” frequency rank
#4,752
“démontrer” frequency rank
45482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démontée démontrer
Definition Féminin singulier de démonté. Prouver d’une manière évidente et convaincante.

Where the spellings diverge

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

8 ch
démontée
9 ch
démontrer

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: démontée is \de.mɔ̃.te\ while démontrer is \de.mɔ̃.tʁe\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45482, 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\. démontrer is at rank #4,752, tagged as averb, 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 45482, this pair ranks #202,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of démontée vs démontrer

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

"démontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "démontrer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Frequency comparison

démontée#40,730
démontrer#4,752

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "démontée" and "démontrer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "démontée" is an adjective and "démontrer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "démontée" or "démontrer"?
"démontrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,752 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 démontrer

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 “démontrer”.
  • 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