daemon
dae·mon/ˈdiː.mən/noun
daemon is spelled D-A-E-M-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (dae·mon). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “daemon vs demon” about 1,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, daemon means “A minor deity or divinity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daemon is daemons or daemones.
How many letters and syllables are in daemon?
| Letters | 6: D-A-E-M-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dae·mon |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is daemon?
Daemon appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce daemon?
- US /ˈdiː.mən/
As a noun (“A process (a running program) that does not have a…”): /ˈdiːmən/, /ˈdeɪmən/.
Daemon has 2 syllables, split dae·mon in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with daemon
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: demon.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with daemon?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as daemon from its last stressed vowel (/imən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: modena.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of daemon
- daemons plural
- daemones plural
- dæmon
- daimon
- demon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daemon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A minor deity or divinity.
- 2
A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
- 3
An idea depicted as an entity.
- 4
archaicArchaic spelling of demon.
- 5
A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Daemon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computing: process with no controlling terminal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does daemon come from?
A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).