Which to use
“Davos” is a name and “démos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,398
- “Davos” frequency rank
- #38,767
- “démos” frequency rank
- 66165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Davos | démos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ville du canton des Grisons en Suisse. | Pluriel de démo. |
Letter map: Davos vs démos
Shared letters muted; letters that set Davos and démos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Davos and démos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Davos vs démos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Davos is aname and démosanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Davos is recorded at frequency rank #27,398, classified as aname. démos is at rank #38,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.mo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66165, this pair ranks #68,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Davos vs démos
Shared letters: dos. Private to "Davos": av. Private to "démos": mé.
"Davos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "démos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Davos ← advos · daovs · davoss · davso · davvos · ddavos · dvaos
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
Pair "Davos" vs "démos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Davos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Davos" and "démos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DDoS vs démos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #68,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.