Damon
/ˈdeɪmən/
"damon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Damon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,836
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damon · Damon · English
Damon · rank #10,836 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,836
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH CPU
Nearest frequency peer: CPU (-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 “Damon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- constitutes
constitutes
89,168 corpus weight
- contributor
contributor
89,167 corpus weight
- CPU
CPU
89,166 corpus weight
- Damon
Damon
89,165 corpus weight
- deluxe
deluxe
89,164 corpus weight
- devastated
devastated
89,163 corpus weight
What this shows “Damon” 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 | Damon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdeɪmən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Damon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Damon (IPA /ˈdeɪmən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,836 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Damon, with forms such as "admon", "dammon", and "damno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "don", "dan", "dao", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Δάμων (Dámōn), a name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame, subdue”). The correct English form is Damon, spelled D-A-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2A male given name from Albanian.
- 3An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Damon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δάμων (Dámōn), a name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame, subdue”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- admon
- dammon
- damno
- damonn
- daomn
- ddamon
- dmaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Damon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).