Which to use
“démonter” and “démontre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,365
- “démonter” frequency rank
- #5,752
- “démontre” frequency rank
- 19117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démonter | démontre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arrêter le mouvement d’un mécanisme, qui a ensuite besoin d’être remonté. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de démontrer. |
Where the eye mixes démonter and démontre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. démonter (CVCVCCVC) and démontre (CVCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between démonter and démontre
A purely visual mix-up. démonter (\de.mɔ̃.te\) and démontre (\de.mɔ̃tʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (er ↔ re) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démonter is recorded at frequency rank #13,365, classified as averb, 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 19117, this pair ranks #374,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of démonter vs démontre
Shared letters: demnorté. Private to "démonter": -. Private to "démontre": -.
"démonter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "démontre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "démonter" for "démontre" ever safe?
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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 "démonter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démontre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démonter" and "démontre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démonter vs dérouter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #374,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.