demographics
/ˌdɛməˈɡɹæfɪks/
"demographics" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demographics” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,696
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demographics · demographics · English
demographics · rank #13,696 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,696
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH culinary
Nearest frequency peer: culinary (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “demographics”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- convict
convict
86,308 corpus weight
- craving
craving
86,307 corpus weight
- culinary
culinary
86,306 corpus weight
- demographics
demographics
86,305 corpus weight
- departing
departing
86,304 corpus weight
- DIN
DIN
86,303 corpus weight
What this shows “demographics” 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 | demographics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɛməˈɡɹæfɪks/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #13,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “demographics”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around demographics (IPA /ˌdɛməˈɡɹæfɪks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,696 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for demographics, with forms such as "ddemographics", "demgoraphics", and "demmographics". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "demographic", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is demographics, spelled D-E-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how demographics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Every museum has to wrestle with the differing interests and needs of the varied demographics of its visitors - and none more so than the LTM [London Transport Museum], with its mix of tourists (both domestic and foreign) seeking an 'experience', transport enthusiasts indulging their passion, and families looking for education and entertainment for their…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemographics
- demgoraphics
- demmographics
- demogarphics
- demoggraphics
- demograhpics
- demographcis
- demographhics
- demographiccs
- demographicss
- demographisc
- demograpihcs
- demograpphics
- demogrpahics
- demogrraphics
- demorgaphics
- deomgraphics
- dmeographics
- edmographics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demographics - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "demographics", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).