demora

Name: demora, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[d̪eˈmoɾa]

/[d̪eˈmoɾa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“demora” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,640
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,885
“D” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tiempo que pasa sin que un evento ocurra, a partir del momento en que debería haber ocurrido. Acción de demorar o demorarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-demora · demora · Spanish

demora · rank #8,640 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,640
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 4,885
PHOTO-FINISH dejarse

Nearest frequency peer: dejarse (-1 rank slots)

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.

cordillera

91,364
cristales

91,363
dejarse

91,362
demora

91,361
deseamos

91,360
destruye

91,359

What this shows “demora” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

demora vs dora

67% similar

demora vs demos

67% similar

demora vs depara

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for demora
Property	Value
Headword	demora
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[d̪eˈmoɾa]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#8,640
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “demora”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.demoracae aquí:

#8,640

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “dejarse” (#8,639), “deseamos” (#8,641), “cristales” (#8,638). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “demora” va en #8,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around demora (IPA [d̪eˈmoɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,640 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for demora, with forms such as "ddemora", "demmora", and "demoar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dora", "demos", "depara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is demora, spelled D-E-M-O-R-A.

Definition

1
Tiempo que pasa sin que un evento ocurra, a partir del momento en que debería haber ocurrido. Acción de demorar o demorarse.
2
Periodo de ocho meses que los indígenas de América tenían que trabajar en las minas durante la época colonial española.
3
Tiempo que pasa sin que se cumpla una obligación desde el momento en que debería haberse cumplido legalmente.
4
Dirección en que se observa un objeto respecto a otro empleado como punto de referencia.

Synonyms

dilación tardanzamora#Etimología 2

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddemora
demmora
demoar
demorra
demroa
deomra
dmeora
edmora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demora - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "demora"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demora"?

"demora" is spelled D-E-M-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈmoɾa].

What does "demora" mean?

As a noun, "demora" means: Tiempo que pasa sin que un evento ocurra, a partir del momento en que debería haber ocurrido. Acción de demorar o demorarse.

What words are commonly confused with "demora"?

"demora" is commonly confused with "dora", "demos", "depara". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "demora"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demora" is [d̪eˈmoɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "demora" come from?

"demora" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "demora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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