démons

\de.mɔ̃\

/\de.mɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“démons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,817
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de démon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demons · démons · French

démons · rank #7,817 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,817
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH débattre

Nearest frequency peer: débattre (-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 « démons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démons » 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).

démons vs dons
67% similar
démons vs devon
50% similar
démons vs démos
83% similar

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

Key facts for démons
PropertyValue
Headworddémons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.mɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,817
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.démonsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « débattre » (#7,816), « départemental » (#7,818), « Dupont » (#7,815). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démons » est au #7,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around démons (IPA \de.mɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,817 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de démon.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for démons, with forms such as "ddémons", "demons", and "dméons". 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, "dons", "devon", "démos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is démons, spelled D-É-M-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de démon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais il a rendu la vie possible. Il a éloigné les démons, désasticoté l’ambiance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémons
  • demons
  • dméons
  • démmons
  • démnos
  • démonns
  • démonss
  • démosn
  • déomns
  • édmons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démons - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddémons1demons1dméons2démmons1démnos2démonns1démonss1démosn2
Edit distance from "démons"

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 "démons"?
"démons" is spelled D-É-M-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ̃\.
What does "démons" mean?
As a noun, "démons" means: Pluriel de démon.
What words are commonly confused with "démons"?
"démons" is commonly confused with "dons", "devon", "démos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démons" is \de.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démons" come from?
"démons" 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 "démons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

désirs#7,819Dupont#7,815détour#7,820exiger#7,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fournis10 variantsgênant10 variantshorloge10 variantsbagages10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list