demy

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,209

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

demy is aFrenchnoun. It means: Récipiendaire d'une bourse d'études au Magdalen College de l'université d'Oxford. Often confused with dm and dy.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of demy in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for demy is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,209 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for demy, with forms such as "ddemy", "demmy", and "demyy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is demy, spelled D-E-M-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemy,demmy,demyy,deym,dmey,edmy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demy

Misspelling Variants of "demy"

ddemy5demmy5demyy5deym4dmey4edmy4
Misspelling Variants of "demy"

Frequency rank: #40,209 in French

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.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.