demand
/dɪˈmɑːnd/
"demand" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demand” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,523
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The desire to purchase goods and services.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demand · demand · English
demand · rank #1,523 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,523
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH cities
Nearest frequency peer: cities (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “demand”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- benefits
benefits
98,481 corpus weight
- bottom
bottom
98,480 corpus weight
- cities
cities
98,479 corpus weight
- demand
demand
98,478 corpus weight
- engine
engine
98,477 corpus weight
- everybody
everybody
98,476 corpus weight
What this shows “demand” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɑːnd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “demand”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around demand (IPA /dɪˈmɑːnd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,523 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for demand, with forms such as "ddemand", "deamnd", and "demadn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "demon", "depend", "Durand", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old… The correct English form is demand, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1The desire to purchase goods and services.
- 2The market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to buy a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point; the amount itself.
- 3A forceful claim for something.
- 4A requirement.
- 5An urgent request.
- 6An order.
- 7More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddemand
- deamnd
- demadn
- demandd
- demannd
- demmand
- demnad
- dmeand
- edmand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demand - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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