demosvsdetoxWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: demos is a noun, detox is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“demos” is a noun and “detox” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,749
“demos” frequency rank
#39,563
“detox” frequency rank
48312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demos detox
Definition forma plural de demo que promove a eliminação de toxina

Letter map: demos vs detox

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

5 ch
demos
5 ch
detox

Role in the sentence - demos and detox

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: demos is anoun and detoxanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demos is recorded at frequency rank #8,749, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈde.mʊs/. detox is at rank #39,563, tagged as anadj.

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 48312, this pair ranks #16,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demos vs detox

Shared letters: deo. Private to "demos": ms. Private to "detox": tx.

"demos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "detox" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demos ← ddemos · demmos · demoss · demso · deoms · dmeos · edmos
  • detox ← ddetox · deotx · detoxx · dettox · detxo · dteox · edtox

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demos" and "detox" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demos" is a noun and "detox" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "demos" or "detox" show up more?
"demos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,749 in our Portuguese list, against #39,563 for "detox". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "demos" and "detox".

  • Full dictionary entry for "demos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "detox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demos" and "detox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "detox vs duto". 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 #16,870 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