demeanour
"demeanour" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demeanour” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,650
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demeanour · demeanour · English
demeanour · rank #40,650 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,650
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH delft
Nearest frequency peer: delft (-2 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 “demeanour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Deakin
Deakin
59,356 corpus weight
- deleterious
deleterious
59,354 corpus weight
- delft
delft
59,353 corpus weight
- demeanour
demeanour
59,351 corpus weight
- detritus
detritus
59,348 corpus weight
- dimple
dimple
59,346 corpus weight
What this shows “demeanour” 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 | demeanour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “demeanour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around demeanour, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,650 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for demeanour, with forms such as "ddemeanour", "deemanour", and "demaenour". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "demeanor", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is demeanour, spelled D-E-M-E-A-N-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demeanour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
At Paisley, a station staff member politely but firmly asks why RAIL is taking so many photographs. The reply - that it's a magnificent station worthy of pictures - changes his demeanour and he's then very apologetic and says he "has to ask".
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemeanour
- deemanour
- demaenour
- demeannour
- demeanoru
- demeanourr
- demeanuor
- demeaonur
- demenaour
- demmeanour
- dmeeanour
- edmeanour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demeanour - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).