dement
/dɪˈmɛnt/
"dement" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dement” is uncommon English (frequency #98,009 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,009
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demented.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dement · dement · English
dement · rank #98,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,009
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Deighton
Nearest frequency peer: Deighton (-4 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.
Long-tail ranks near “dement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dawdle
dawdle
2,002 corpus weight
- deas
deas
1,999 corpus weight
- decoupage
decoupage
1,997 corpus weight
- Deighton
Deighton
1,996 corpus weight
- dement
dement
1,992 corpus weight
- dernier
dernier
1,985 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɛnt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dement is uncommon English at frequency #98,009 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪˈmɛnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demented.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”). The correct English form is dement, spelled D-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Demented.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).
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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