demulcent
de·mul·cent/dɪˈmʌls(ə)nt/adjective, noun
demulcent is spelled D-E-M-U-L-C-E-N-T, 3 syllables: de·mul·cent. The wrong spelling people search most is demulcant: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 29 of all searches for the word. Demulcent is an adjective meaning “Soothing or softening”.
How many letters and syllables are in demulcent?
| Letters | 9: D-E-M-U-L-C-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·mul·cent |
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, demulcant, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell demulcent?
Demulcent is spelled D-E-M-U-L-C-E-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 29 of the searches for demulcent in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is demulcent?
Demulcent appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 demulcent?
- UK /dɪˈmʌls(ə)nt/
- US /dɪˈmʌls(ə)nt/
- US /dəˈməlsənt/
Demulcent has 3 syllables, split de·mul·cent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-demulcent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of demulcent
- more demulcent comparative
- most demulcent superlative
- demulcents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does demulcent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Soothing or softening.
noun
- 1
A soothing medication used to relieve pain in inflamed tissues.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Demulcent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soothing or softening:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | demulcente |
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 demulcent come from?
From Latin dēmulcēns, present active participle of dēmulceō (“to stroke caressingly; to soften, soothe, allure”), from dē- (“from; of”) + mulceō (“to move or touch gently or lightly, to stroke; to make pleasant or sweet; to soften, soothe, alleviate, relieve”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).