demagogia

/[d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,375

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

demagogia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Práctica política consistente en ganarse con halagos el favor popular. Pronounced [d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja]. Often confused with demagogo.

Key facts for demagogia
PropertyValue
Headworddemagogia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,375
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of demagogia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for demagogia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,375 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for demagogia, with forms such as "ddemagogia", "deamgogia", and "demaggogia". 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, "demagogo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is demagogia, spelled D-E-M-A-G-O-G-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Práctica política consistente en ganarse con halagos el favor popular.
  2. 2
    Degeneración de la democracia, consistente en que los políticos, mediante concesiones y halagos a los sentimientos elementales de los ciudadanos, tratan de conseguir o mantener el poder.
  3. 3
    Acción de expresar en público opiniones, ideas, etc. utilizando argumentos falaces que se suponen serán del agrado de los que escuchan.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemagogia,deamgogia,demaggogia,demaggoia,demagogai,demagoggia,demagoiga,demaoggia,demgaogia,demmagogia,dmeagogia,edmagogia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demagogia

Misspelling Variants of "demagogia"

ddemagogia10deamgogia9demaggogia10demaggoia9demagogai9demagoggia10demagoiga9demaoggia9
Misspelling Variants of "demagogia"

Frequency rank: #23,375 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demagogia"?
"demagogia" is spelled D-E-M-A-G-O-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja].
What does "demagogia" mean?
As a noun, "demagogia" means: Práctica política consistente en ganarse con halagos el favor popular.
What words are commonly confused with "demagogia"?
"demagogia" is commonly confused with "demagogo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demagogia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demagogia" is [d̪emaˈɣ̞oxja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demagogia" come from?
"demagogia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: 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.