Which to use
“démon” and “démons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,814
- “démon” frequency rank
- #7,817
- “démons” frequency rank
- 14631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démon | démons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Génie, esprit ou divinité, bon ou mauvais. | Pluriel de démon. |
Same sound, different letters: démon vs démons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - démon and démons
This is the hard kind. démon and démons are pronounced identically (\de.mɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “démon” sits inside “démons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démon is recorded at frequency rank #6,814, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mɔ̃\. démons is at rank #7,817, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.mɔ̃\.
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 14631, this pair ranks #395,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of démon vs démons
Shared letters: dmnoé. Private to "démon": -. Private to "démons": s.
"démon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "démons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "démon" and "démons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "démon" or "démons"?
Useful next steps
"démon" and "démons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "démon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démon" and "démons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démons vs devins". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #395,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.