demaisvsdepoisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“demais” and “depois” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#424
“demais” frequency rank
#76
“depois” frequency rank
500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demais depois
Definition em demasia; excessivamente; além disso mais tarde; em uma outra oportunidade

Letter map: demais vs depois

Shared letters muted; letters that set demais and depois apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
demais
6 ch
depois

Pair insight - demais / depois

demais and depois are indexed as a confusable Portuguese 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 500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demais is recorded at frequency rank #424, classified as anadv. depois is at rank #76, tagged as anadv, pronounced \de.'pois\.

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 500, this pair ranks #75,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demais vs depois

Shared letters: deis. Private to "demais": am. Private to "depois": op.

"demais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "depois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demaisddemais · deamis · demaiss · demasi · demias · demmais · dmeais · edmais
  • depoisddepois · deopis · depios · depoiss · deposi · deppois · dpeois · edpois

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demais" and "depois" 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.
Frequency check: "demais" vs "depois" - which ranks higher?
"depois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #76 in our Portuguese list, against #424 for "demais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "demais" vs "depois" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demais" and "depois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demais vs demasia". 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 #75,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list