English homophones
daemon/demon
"demon" (#6,458 written frequency) beats "daemon" (#36,511) in this 2-word /ˈdiː.mən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdiː.mən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "demon" leads at #6,458, with "daemon" trailing at #36,511.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "daemon" is 6 letters, "demon" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across daemon, demon: demno. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
daemon
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory ademno · private a
demon
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory demno · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "daemon" when you mean: A minor deity or divinity.
- Write "demon" when you mean: An evil supernatural being.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (daemon, demon). Here's where to go from here.
- "demon" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,458 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: defense · defence. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "daemon, demon" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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