Which to use
“demos” is a noun and “Devon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,118
- “demos” frequency rank
- #9,033
- “Devon” frequency rank
- 26151
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demos | Devon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together. | A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. |
Where the eye mixes demos and Devon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between demos and Devon
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demos is /ˈdiːmɒs/ while Devon is /ˈdɛv.ən/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demos is recorded at frequency rank #17,118, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdiːmɒs/. Devon is at rank #9,033, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈdɛv.ən/.
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 26151, this pair ranks #388,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demos vs Devon
Shared letters: deo. Private to "demos": ms. Private to "Devon": nv.
"demos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Devon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demos" and "Devon" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "demos" or "Devon" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "demos" and "Devon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demos" and "Devon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demos vs depose". 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 #388,816 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.