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“Demografie” and “Demographie” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,524
“Demografie” frequency rank
#30,508
“Demographie” frequency rank
64032
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Demografie Demographie
Definition Beschreibung der wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Bevölkerungsbewegung und ihr Ergebnis Beschreibung der wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Bevölkerungsbewegung und ihr Ergebnis

Same sound, different letters: Demografie vs Demographie

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

10 ch
Demografie
11 ch
Demographie

Same sound, different spelling - Demografie / Demographie

This is the hard kind. Demografie and Demographie are pronounced identically ([ˌdemoɡʁaˈfiː]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Demografie is recorded at frequency rank #33,524, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˌdemoɡʁaˈfiː]. Demographie is at rank #30,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced [demoɡʁaˈfiː].

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 64032, this pair ranks #655,778 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Demografie vs Demographie

Shared letters: adegimor. Private to "Demografie": f. Private to "Demographie": hp.

"Demografie" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV  ·  "Demographie" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Demografieddemografie · demgorafie · demmografie · demogarfie · demoggrafie · demografei · demograffie · demograife
  • Demographieddemographie · demgoraphie · demmographie · demogarphie · demoggraphie · demograhpie · demographei · demographhie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Demografie" and "Demographie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same ([ˌdemoɡʁaˈfiː]), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary German text, does "Demografie" or "Demographie" show up more?
"Demographie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,508 in our German list, against #33,524 for "Demografie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"Demografie" and "Demographie" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Demografie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Demographie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #655,778 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Demografie" and "Demographie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Demografie vs Demokratie". 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 #655,778 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list