Demosthenes
/dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/
"demosthenes" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Demosthenes” is uncommon English (frequency #68,989 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,989
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demosthenes · Demosthenes · English
Demosthenes · rank #68,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,989
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Deschutes
Nearest frequency peer: Deschutes (+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 “Demosthenes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Daws
Daws
31,017 corpus weight
- Demosthenes
Demosthenes
31,012 corpus weight
- Deschutes
Deschutes
31,011 corpus weight
- devilishly
devilishly
31,009 corpus weight
- Dickenson
Dickenson
31,008 corpus weight
- Diez
Diez
31,006 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Demosthenes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Demosthenes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Demosthenes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Demosthenes is uncommon English at frequency #68,989 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Demosthenes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs). The correct English form is Demosthenes, spelled D-E-M-O-S-T-H-E-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.
Etymology
From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).
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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