Demenz
[deˈmɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Demenz” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,626
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten, zum Beispiel des Gedächtnisses, der Orientierung, der Handlungsfähigkeit, der Emotion, der Motivation oder der Sprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-demenz · Demenz · German
Demenz · rank #11,626 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,626
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Clown
Nearest frequency peer: Clown (-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 „Demenz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Chelsea
Chelsea
88,378 corpus weight
- CHF
CHF
88,377 corpus weight
- Clown
Clown
88,376 corpus weight
- Demenz
Demenz
88,375 corpus weight
- Dietmar
Dietmar
88,374 corpus weight
- Diktator
Diktator
88,373 corpus weight
What this shows „Demenz“ 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 | Demenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈmɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Demenz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Demenz (IPA [deˈmɛnt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,626 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten, zum Beispiel des Gedächtnisses, der Orientierung, der Handlungsfähigkeit, der Emotion, der Motivation oder der Sprache".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Demenz, with forms such as "ddemenz", "deemnz", and "demennz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "denen", "deren", "dezent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Demenz, spelled D-E-M-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten, zum Beispiel des Gedächtnisses, der Orientierung, der Handlungsfähigkeit, der Emotion, der Motivation oder der Sprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Demenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ist das schon ein Zeichen von Demenz oder lediglich Ignoranz?“
„Besonders in der zweiten Amtszeit, die er durch einen vorzeitigen, als quälend spät empfundenen Rücktritt beendete, machte sich seine fortschreitende Demenz bemerkbar.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemenz
- deemnz
- demennz
- demenzz
- demezn
- demmenz
- demnez
- dmeenz
- edmenz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Demenz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Demenz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).