démon

\de.mɔ̃\

/\de.mɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“démon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,814
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demon · démon · French

démon · rank #6,814 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,814
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décennie

Nearest frequency peer: décennie (-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 « démon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démon » 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).

démon vs don
60% similar
démon vs den
40% similar
démon vs deo
40% similar

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

Key facts for démon
PropertyValue
Headworddémon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.mɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,814
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démonse 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 « décennie » (#6,813), « douzaine » (#6,812), « Edward » (#6,816). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démon » est au #6,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around démon (IPA \de.mɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,814 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for démon, with forms such as "ddémon", "demon", and "dméon". 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, "don", "den", "deo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is démon, spelled D-É-M-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais.
  2. 2
    Dans l'Ancien Testament, faux dieu, dieu païen, mauvais esprit.
  3. 3
    Un des diables, des esprits malins, par opposition aux anges, pour les chrétiens.
  4. 4
    Le Diable, Satan, prince des démons, et principe du mal.
  5. 5
    Personne méchante qui se plaît à tourmenter les autres.
  6. 6
    Enfant vif et malin.
  7. 7
    Cause de l’inspiration, des impulsions bonnes ou mauvaises.
  8. 8
    Personnification des idées noires, angoissantes, qui troublent une personne et peuvent l’inciter à des actions néfastes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Que l’honneur de mon prince est cher aux destinées ! Que le démon est grand qui lui sert de support !
  2. Que saurait enseigner aux princes Le grand démon qui les instruit.

This word in other languages

demon(English)demonio(Español)Dämon(Deutsch)demónio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémon
  • demon
  • dméon
  • démmon
  • démno
  • démonn
  • déomn
  • édmon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddémon1demon1dméon2démmon1démno2démonn1déomn2édmon2
Edit distance from "démon"

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 "démon"?
"démon" is spelled D-É-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ̃\.
What does "démon" mean?
As a noun, "démon" means: Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais.
What words are commonly confused with "démon"?
"démon" is commonly confused with "don", "den", "deo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démon" is \de.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démon" come from?
"démon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fixée#6,826Libye#6,841linge#6,842bague#6,785

Similar misspelling depth

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

emmener8 variantsexacte8 variantsbuteur8 variantsbisous8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list