demain

\də.mɛ̃\

/\də.mɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“demain” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#601
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Les temps à venir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demain · demain · French

demain · rank #601 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #601
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH comprendre

Nearest frequency peer: comprendre (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « demain »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « demain » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

demain vs demi
67% similar
demain vs demie
67% similar
demain vs démon
50% similar

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

Key facts for demain
PropertyValue
Headworddemain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.mɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#601
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demain »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).demainse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comprendre » (#600), « demander » (#602), « formation » (#603). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demain » est au #601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around demain (IPA \də.mɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #601 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Les temps à venir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for demain, with forms such as "ddemain", "deamin", and "demainn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "demi", "demie", "démon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is demain, spelled D-E-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Les temps à venir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how demain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Soyez sans crainte, je vous ai écouté, je tâcherai d’être digne de votre héritage ; et, je le crois comme vous, peut-être le grand demain est-il là tout entier.
  2. Il ne doit pas penser qu’on ne lui verra plus les côtes parce qu’un jour il y avait une tranche de cochon, on ne sait pas de quoi demain sera fait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemain
  • deamin
  • demainn
  • demani
  • demian
  • demmain
  • dmeain
  • edmain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demain - 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.

ddemain1deamin2demainn1demani2demian2demmain1dmeain2edmain2
Edit distance from "demain"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demain"?
"demain" is spelled D-E-M-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mɛ̃\.
What does "demain" mean?
As a noun, "demain" means: Les temps à venir.
What words are commonly confused with "demain"?
"demain" is commonly confused with "demi", "demie", "démon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demain" is \də.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demain" come from?
"demain" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list