demons
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The verdict
“demons” is uncommon German (frequency #95,419 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,419
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs demon
Corpus desk
Index DE-demons · demons · German
demons · rank #95,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,419
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Demokratin
Nearest frequency peer: Demokratin (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “demons”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dauerwelle
Dauerwelle
4,588 corpus weight
- debil
debil
4,585 corpus weight
- Demokratin
Demokratin
4,583 corpus weight
- demons
demons
4,582 corpus weight
- Dienstleist…
Dienstleisters
4,577 corpus weight
- Digitalfunk
Digitalfunk
4,576 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “demons” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demons |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “demons” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
demons is uncommon German at frequency #95,419 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs demon".
No misspelling variants are generated for demons in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is demons, spelled D-E-M-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs demon
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.