demonio

/[d̪eˈmonjo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,602

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

demonio is aSpanishnoun. It means: En la religión Católica, diablo o ángel rebelde. Pronounced [d̪eˈmonjo]. It ranks #5,602 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dominio and demonios.

Key facts for demonio
PropertyValue
Headworddemonio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈmonjo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,602
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for demonio is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈmonjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,602 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for demonio, with forms such as "ddemonio", "demmonio", and "demnoio". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dominio", "demonios", "demon", and more, 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 demonio, spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En la religión Católica, diablo o ángel rebelde.
  2. 2
    En la mitología griega, divinidad tutelar o espíritu intermediario entre los dioses olímpicos y los humanos. Estos no poseían una connotación negativa..
  3. 3
    Espíritu maligno.
  4. 4
    Trastorno obsesivo.
  5. 5
    Persona muy virtuosa, habilidosa o de gran destreza para algún oficio.
  6. 6
    Persona de gran picardía.
  7. 7
    Procesos que corren en segundo plano dentro del sistema operativo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemonio,demmonio,demnoio,demoino,demonnio,demonoi,deomnio,dmeonio,edmonio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demonio

Misspelling Variants of "demonio"

ddemonio8demmonio8demnoio7demoino7demonnio8demonoi7deomnio7dmeonio7
Misspelling Variants of "demonio"

Frequency rank: #5,602 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demonio"?
"demonio" is spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈmonjo].
What does "demonio" mean?
As a noun, "demonio" means: En la religión Católica, diablo o ángel rebelde.
What words are commonly confused with "demonio"?
"demonio" is commonly confused with "dominio", "demonios", "demon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demonio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demonio" is [d̪eˈmonjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demonio" come from?
"demonio" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.