# demos

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdiːmɒs/ · frequency rank #17,118

## Definitions
1. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
2. The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”). Doublet of deme.

## Easily confused with
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-des)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dos)
- **DMs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dms)
- **deo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-deo)
- **Dems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dems)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-devs)
- **dens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dens)
- **devo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-devo)
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-depot)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-devon)
- **Denis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-denis)
- **desks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-desks)
- **dumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dumps)
- **detox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-detox)
- **dimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dimes)
- **dents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dents)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-devos)
- **Dermot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-dermot)
- **DevOps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-devops)
- **depose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demos-vs-depose)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddemos`, `demmos`, `demoss`, `demso`, `deoms`, `dmeos`, `edmos`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/demos