DemosvsduosTell them apart

Quick tell: Demos is a noun, duos is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Demos” is a noun and “duos” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,189
“Demos” frequency rank
#27,688
“duos” frequency rank
35877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Demos duos
Definition altgriechischer Stadtstaat Akkusativ Plural Maskulin der Kardinalzahl duo

Letter map: Demos vs duos

Shared letters muted; letters that set Demos and duos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Demos
4 ch
duos

Role in the sentence - Demos and duos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Demos is anoun and duosanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Demos is recorded at frequency rank #8,189, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdeːmɔs]. duos is at rank #27,688, tagged as anum, pronounced […].

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 35877, this pair ranks #1,629,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Demos vs duos

Shared letters: dos. Private to "Demos": em. Private to "duos": u.

"Demos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "duos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Demosddemos · demmos · demoss · demso · deoms · dmeos · edmos
  • duosdduos · dous · duoss · duso · udos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Demos" and "duos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Demos" is a noun and "duos" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Demos" vs "duos" - which ranks higher?
"Demos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,189 in our German list, against #27,688 for "duos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Demos" vs "duos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Demos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,629,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Demos" and "duos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duos vs puzzles". 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 #1,629,360 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