Which to use
“démontée” is an adjective and “dénoncée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,730
- “démontée” frequency rank
- #25,628
- “dénoncée” frequency rank
- 66358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démontée | dénoncée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de démonté. | Participe passé féminin singulier de dénoncer. |
Where the eye mixes démontée and dénoncée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. démontée and dénoncée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses démontée with dénoncée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: démontée is \de.mɔ̃.te\ while dénoncée is \de.nɔ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66358, 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\. dénoncée is at rank #25,628, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.nɔ̃.se\.
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 66358, this pair ranks #68,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démontée vs dénoncée
Shared letters: denoé. Private to "démontée": mt. Private to "dénoncée": c.
"démontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "dénoncée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "démontée" and "dénoncée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "démontée" or "dénoncée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "démontée" and "dénoncée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "démontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dénoncée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démontée" and "dénoncée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démontée vs déportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #68,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.