Which to use
“Dämon” is a noun and “Davos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,264
- “Dämon” frequency rank
- #17,553
- “Davos” frequency rank
- 34817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Dämon | Davos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Angst machende Macht, böser Geist mit übermenschlichen Kräften | eine Gemeinde im schweizerischen Kanton Graubünden |
Where the eye mixes Dämon and Davos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Dämon and Davos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Dämon with Davos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Dämon is [ˈdɛːmɔn] while Davos is [daˈfoːs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Dämon is recorded at frequency rank #17,264, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɛːmɔn]. Davos is at rank #17,553, tagged as aname, pronounced [daˈfoːs].
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 34817, this pair ranks #1,654,601 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Dämon vs Davos
Shared letters: do. Private to "Dämon": mnä. Private to "Davos": asv.
"Dämon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Davos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Davos ← advos · daovs · davoss · davso · davvos · ddavos · dvaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Dämon" for "Davos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Dämon" vs "Davos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Dämon" and "Davos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Dämon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Davos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,654,601 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Dämon" and "Davos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Davos vs Dinos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,654,601 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.