daemon
/ˈdiː.mən/
"daemon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daemon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,511
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A minor deity or divinity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daemon · daemon · English
daemon · rank #36,511 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,511
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH cynic
Nearest frequency peer: cynic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “daemon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cruised
cruised
63,493 corpus weight
- cuffed
cuffed
63,492 corpus weight
- cynic
cynic
63,491 corpus weight
- daemon
daemon
63,490 corpus weight
- dampen
dampen
63,489 corpus weight
- dancehall
dancehall
63,488 corpus weight
What this shows “daemon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | daemon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdiː.mən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “daemon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around daemon (IPA /ˈdiː.mən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,511 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for daemon, with forms such as "ademon", "daemmon", and "daemno". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "damn", "demo", "demon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”). The correct English form is daemon, spelled D-A-E-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1A minor deity or divinity.
- 2A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
- 3An idea depicted as an entity.
- 4Alternative spelling of demon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daemon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2018, Carolyn Graves-Brown, Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt, University of Wales Press, page 46, On some apotropaic wands the hippopotamus daemon bites or devours a person.⁸⁸ On a well-known New Kingdom papyrus, Taweret, who is named, is listed amongst evil daemons.
That is why those of exceptionally "daemonic temperament", those who cannot early and thoroughly subdue the daemon within them, are racked by disquietude. Ever and again the daemon snatches the helm from their control and steers them (helpless as straws in the blast) into the heart of the storm, perchance to shatter them on the rocks of destiny.
Etymology
A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ademon
- daemmon
- daemno
- daemonn
- daeomn
- dameon
- ddaemon
- deamon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daemon - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daemon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).