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Detailed reference entry for the English word "demand", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "demand" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "demand" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

demand is aEnglishnoun. It means: The desire to purchase goods and services. Pronounced /dɪˈmɑːnd/. It ranks #1,523 in English word frequency. Often confused with demon and depend.

Key facts for demand
PropertyValue
Headworddemand
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪˈmɑːnd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,523
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of demand in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for demand is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈmɑːnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,523 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for demand, with forms such as "ddemand", "deamnd", and "demadn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is demand, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    The desire to purchase goods and services.
  2. 2
    The 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.
  3. 3
    A forceful claim for something.
  4. 4
    A requirement.
  5. 5
    An urgent request.
  6. 6
    An order.
  7. 7
    More 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.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemand,deamnd,demadn,demandd,demannd,demmand,demnad,dmeand,edmand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demand

Misspelling Variants of "demand"

ddemand7deamnd6demadn6demandd7demannd7demmand7demnad6dmeand6
Misspelling Variants of "demand"

Frequency rank: #1,523 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demand"?
"demand" is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪˈmɑːnd/.
What does "demand" mean?
As a noun, "demand" means: The desire to purchase goods and services.
What words are commonly confused with "demand"?
"demand" is commonly confused with "demon", "depend", "Durand". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demand" is /dɪˈmɑːnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "demand"?
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 d... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.