demark
/diːˈmɑɹk/
"demark" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To demarcate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demark · demark · English
demark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /diːˈmɑɹk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “demark” in English
Rare enough to double-check
demark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /diːˈmɑɹk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To demarcate.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for demark in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcō (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin dē- (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcō (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”). By surface analysis, de- + mark. See mark, march. The correct English form is demark, spelled D-E-M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1To demarcate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how demark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The book's three sections: "An Accidental Childhood," "A Feminine Age," and "The Wider Sphere Of Reference" — demark the familial, social and personal landscapes which Strouse carefully maps out.
Etymology
From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcō (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin dē- (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcō (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”). By surface analysis, de- + mark. See mark, march.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.