demeanor
de·mea·nor/dɪˈminɚ/noun
demeanor is spelled D-E-M-E-A-N-O-R, 3 syllables: de·mea·nor. The wrong spelling people search most is demenor: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Demeanor is a noun meaning “The social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a…”. The plural of demeanor is demeanors.
How many letters and syllables are in demeanor?
| Letters | 8: D-E-M-E-A-N-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·mea·nor |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, demenor, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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 do you spell demeanor?
Demeanor is spelled D-E-M-E-A-N-O-R. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 15 of the searches for demeanor in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is demeanor?
Demeanor appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 demeanor?
- UK /dɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/
- US /dɪˈminɚ/
Demeanor has 3 syllables, split de·mea·nor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-demeanor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with demeanor?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as demeanor from its last stressed vowel (/inəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: enamored.
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 demeanor
- demeanors plural
- demeanour UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does demeanor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USThe social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
The man's demeanor made others suspicious of his intentions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Demeanor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense outward way in which a person behaves:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | comportement, conduite |
| German | Benehmen, Gebahren, Auftreten, Verhalten, Auftritt, Betragen |
| Portuguese | comportamento, conduta |
| Spanish | porte, apostura |
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 demeanor come from?
From Middle English demenure, from the verb Middle English demenen, demeinen (“to handle, manage”), from Old French demener (“to guide, conduct”), from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin *mināre (“to drive”) and minor (“to project or jut forth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).