Which to use
“démontrait” and “démontrant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,433
- “démontrait” frequency rank
- #21,298
- “démontrant” frequency rank
- 65731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démontrait | démontrant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de démontrer. | Participe présent de démontrer. |
Where the eye mixes démontrait and démontrant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. démontrait (CVCVCCCVVC) and démontrant (CVCVCCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between démontrait and démontrant
A purely visual mix-up. démontrait (\de.mɔ̃.tʁɛ\) and démontrant (\de.mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “démontrait” becomes n in “démontrant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démontrait is recorded at frequency rank #44,433, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.tʁɛ\. démontrant is at rank #21,298, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\.
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 65731, this pair ranks #71,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démontrait vs démontrant
Shared letters: admnorté. Private to "démontrait": i. Private to "démontrant": -.
"démontrait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVVC · "démontrant" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "démontrait" and "démontrant" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "démontrait" or "démontrant" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "démontrait" and "démontrant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "démontrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démontrant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démontrait" and "démontrant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démontrait vs démontrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #71,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.