demy vs duty, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#40,209
“demy” frequency rank: #20,990
“duty” frequency rank: 61199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	demy	duty
Definition	Récipiendaire d'une bourse d'études au Magdalen College de l'université d'Oxford.	Devoir.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set demy and duty apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

demy

4 ch

duty

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

demy and duty 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 61199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demy is recorded at frequency rank #40,209, classified as anoun. duty is at rank #20,990, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdju.ti\.

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 61199, this pair ranks #93,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demy vs duty

Shared letters: dy. Private to "demy": em. Private to "duty": tu.

"demy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "duty" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

demy ← ddemy · demmy · demyy · deym · dmey · edmy
duty ← dduty · dtuy · dutty · dutyy · duyt · udty

Frequency comparison

demy#40,209

duty#20,990

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demy" and "duty" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "demy" or "duty"?

"duty" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,990 in our French list, against #40,209 for "demy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering demy vs duty

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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