demy

noun

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The verdict

“demy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,209
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipiendaire d'une bourse d'études au Magdalen College de l'université d'Oxford.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demy · demy · French

demy · rank #40,209 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,209
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demand

Nearest frequency peer: demand (-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 « demy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « demy » 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).

demy vs dm
50% similar
demy vs dy
50% similar
demy vs des
50% similar

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

Key facts for demy
PropertyValue
Headworddemy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,209
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.demyse 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 « demand » (#40,208), « devos » (#40,210), « deadline » (#40,207). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demy » est au #40,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around demy, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,209 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for demy, with forms such as "ddemy", "demmy", and "demyy". 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, "dm", "dy", "des", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is demy, spelled D-E-M-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récipiendaire d'une bourse d'études au Magdalen College de l'université d'Oxford.
  2. 2
    Jeune étudiant, en particulier au Magdalen College, Oxford.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. By seventeen he was a demy, a half-Fellow […] Previous incumbents included Oscar Wilde and Lawrence of Arabia.
  2. A 'demy' is a term for a junior scholar, specifically at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemy
  • demmy
  • demyy
  • deym
  • dmey
  • edmy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddemy1demmy1demyy1deym2dmey2edmy2
Edit distance from "demy"

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 "demy"?
"demy" is spelled D-E-M-Y.
What does "demy" mean?
As a noun, "demy" means: Récipiendaire d'une bourse d'études au Magdalen College de l'université d'Oxford.
What words are commonly confused with "demy"?
"demy" is commonly confused with "dm", "dy", "des". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "demy" come from?
"demy" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cath#40,167cade#40,160boul#40,146alim#40,112

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cohue6 variantsblain6 variantshalls6 variantsXXIème6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list