Demosthenes
/dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/
"demosthenes" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Demosthenes” is uncommon English (frequency #68,989 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,989
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Demosthenes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Demosthenes is uncommon English at frequency #68,989 among 26,416 “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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Using “Demosthenes”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-M-O-S-T-H-E-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.