demographic
/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/adjective, noun
demographic is spelled D-E-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, demographic means “Of or pertaining to demography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in demographic?
| Letters | 11: D-E-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is demographic?
Demographic appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th 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 demographic?
- US /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
- Australia /ˌdem.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
Demographic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-demographic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-demographic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with demographic?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as demographic from its last stressed vowel (/æfɪk/):
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 demographic
- more demographic comparative
- most demographic superlative
- demographics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does demographic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
- 1
A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
- 2
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
- 3
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Demographic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to demography:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | démographique |
| German | demographisch |
| Portuguese | demográfico |
| Spanish | demográfico |
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 demographic come from?
From demography + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).