démiurge

\de.mjyʁʒ\

/\de.mjyʁʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“démiurge” is uncommon French (frequency #71,459 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,459
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divinité créatrice du monde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demiurge · démiurge · French

démiurge · rank #71,459 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,459
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démarrages

Nearest frequency peer: démarrages (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « démiurge »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « démiurge » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for démiurge
PropertyValue
Headworddémiurge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.mjyʁʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,459
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « démiurge » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).démiurgetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « démarrages » (#71,458), « Démocrite » (#71,460), « délimitations » (#71,457). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démiurge » est au #71,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

démiurge is uncommon French at frequency #71,459 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.mjyʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for démiurge, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is démiurge, spelled D-É-M-I-U-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divinité créatrice du monde.
  2. 2
    Esprit novateur créateur d’une œuvre incontournable.
  3. 3
    Nom donné par les platoniciens à l'intelligence créatrice.
  4. 4
    Intelligence ou entité supérieure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quel est ce nouveau monde qui naît de l’amour ? Comment l’amour fait-il de nous des démiurges ?
  2. Certains diront qu’on s’improvise démiurges, et que c’est une ligne rouge indépassable. D’autres, au contraire, diront que le changement climatique en lui-même est déjà une manipulation artificielle du climat, et que la géo-ingénierie est un moindre mal.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "démiurge"?
"démiurge" is spelled D-É-M-I-U-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mjyʁʒ\.
What does "démiurge" mean?
As a noun, "démiurge" means: Divinité créatrice du monde.
How do you pronounce "démiurge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démiurge" is \de.mjyʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list