demigod
/ˈdɛmiɡɒd/
"demigod" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demigod” is uncommon English (frequency #56,703 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,703
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demigod · demigod · English
demigod · rank #56,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,703
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH DeSantis
Nearest frequency peer: DeSantis (+1 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 “demigod”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dato
Dato
43,303 corpus weight
- deflationary
deflationary
43,300 corpus weight
- demigod
demigod
43,298 corpus weight
- DeSantis
DeSantis
43,297 corpus weight
- didst
didst
43,294 corpus weight
- dilate
dilate
43,293 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “demigod” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demigod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛmiɡɒd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “demigod” in English
Rare enough to double-check
demigod is uncommon English at frequency #56,703 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɛmiɡɒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for demigod in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From demi- + god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads. The correct English form is demigod, spelled D-E-M-I-G-O-D.
Definition
- 1A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
- 2Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demigod appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods...
He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
Etymology
From demi- + god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads.
This word in other languages
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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