demora

/[d̪eˈmoɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,640

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

demora is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tiempo que pasa sin que un evento ocurra, a partir del momento en que debería haber ocurrido. Acción de demorar o demorarse. Pronounced [d̪eˈmoɾa]. It ranks #8,640 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dora and demos.

Key facts for demora
PropertyValue
Headworddemora
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈmoɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,640
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for demora is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈmoɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,640 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for demora, with forms such as "ddemora", "demmora", and "demoar". 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 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 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 demora, spelled D-E-M-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemora,demmora,demoar,demorra,demroa,deomra,dmeora,edmora

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demora

Misspelling Variants of "demora"

ddemora7demmora7demoar6demorra7demroa6deomra6dmeora6edmora6
Misspelling Variants of "demora"

Frequency rank: #8,640 in Spanish

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.