démosvsdomusTell them apart

Which to use

“démos” and “domus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,767
“démos” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
82657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démos domus
Definition Pluriel de démo. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: démos vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set démos and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. démos and domus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
démos
5 ch
domus

Pair insight - démos / domus

démos and domus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démos is recorded at frequency rank #38,767, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.mo\. domus is at rank #43,890, tagged as anoun.

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 82657, this pair ranks #16,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of démos vs domus

Shared letters: dmos. Private to "démos": é. Private to "domus": u.

"démos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domus ← ddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "démos" and "domus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "démos" vs "domus" - which ranks higher?
"démos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,767 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "démos" and "domus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "démos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démos" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #16,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list