dem
/dɛm/determiner
dem is spelled D-E-M: 3 letters. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a determiner, dem means “Nonstandard form of them, in the sense of "those"” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dem?
| Letters | 3: D-E-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dem?
Dem appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 dem?
- /dɛm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dem.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dem?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dem.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: med.
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).
What does dem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
nonstandardNonstandard form of them, in the sense of "those".
What are dem fings doing ’ere?
- 2
slang(clitic, suffix) A group of.
noun
- 1
USClipping of Democrat.
noun
- 1
Initialism of digital elevation model.
- 2
Initialism of diethyl malonate.
- 3
Initialism of digital experience monitoring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).