Dämon
[ˈdɛːmɔn]
The verdict
“Dämon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,264
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angst machende Macht, böser Geist mit übermenschlichen Kräften
Corpus desk
Index DE-damon · Dämon · German
Dämon · rank #17,264 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,264
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dunkles
Nearest frequency peer: dunkles (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Dämon“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- dringen
dringen
82,740 corpus weight
- drängte
drängte
82,739 corpus weight
- dunkles
dunkles
82,738 corpus weight
- Dämon
Dämon
82,737 corpus weight
- dümmer
dümmer
82,736 corpus weight
- düstere
düstere
82,735 corpus weight
What this shows „Dämon“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dämon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛːmɔn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dämon“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dämon (IPA [ˈdɛːmɔn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,264 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dämon, with forms such as "ddämon", "dmäon", and "dämmon". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "don", "dan", "dann", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dämon, spelled D-Ä-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Angst machende Macht, böser Geist mit übermenschlichen Kräften
- 2innere Triebkraft, die eine Person negativ beeinflusst, kann beispielsweise dazu führen, dass die Person impulsiv oder destruktiv handelt
- 3Programm, das im Hintergrund abläuft und bestimmte Dienste zur Verfügung stellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dämon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damals glaubte man wirklich, das Kind sei von einem Dämon besessen.
Der Dämon verkörpert alles Böse, das wir uns nur vorstellen können.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddämon
- dmäon
- dämmon
- dämno
- dämonn
- däomn
- ädmon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dämon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dämon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).