Which to use
“démos” and “dômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,767
- “démos” frequency rank
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- 78541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démos | dômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de démo. | Pluriel de dôme. |
Where the eye mixes démos and dômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. démos and dômes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between démos and dômes
A purely visual mix-up. démos (\de.mo\) and dômes (\dɔm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démos is recorded at frequency rank #38,767, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mo\. dômes is at rank #39,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\.
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 78541, this pair ranks #25,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démos vs dômes
Shared letters: dms. Private to "démos": oé. Private to "dômes": eô.
"démos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "démos" for "dômes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "démos" or "dômes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "démos" and "dômes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "démos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démos" and "dômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dômes vs domi". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,473 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.