Deméter
/deˈmɛ.teʁ/
The verdict
“Deméter” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,462 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,462
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - na mitologia grega, deusa da agricultura e das colheitas, uma dos doze deuses do Olimpo, segunda filha de Reia e Cronos, que a engolira após o nascimento, equivalente à romana Ceres, à egípcia Ísis...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deméter |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /deˈmɛ.teʁ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Deméter” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Deméter is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,462 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /deˈmɛ.teʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Deméter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Deméter, spelled D-E-M-É-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1na mitologia grega, deusa da agricultura e das colheitas, uma dos doze deuses do Olimpo, segunda filha de Reia e Cronos, que a engolira após o nascimento, equivalente à romana Ceres, à egípcia Ísis e a Cibele da Anatólia, mãe de Prosérpina que, raptada por Hades, deu origem às estações do ano e, junto à mãe, eram figuras centrais dos Mistérios de Elêusis e do festival da Tesmoforia
- 2prenome feminino
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Deméter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-M-É-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /deˈmɛ.teʁ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.