demand
/dɪˈmɑːnd/
"demand" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demand” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,523 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,523
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The desire to purchase goods and services.
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) |
Where “demand” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for demand is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 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.
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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Using “demand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-M-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈmɑːnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “demon” - see the side-by-side comparison. demand vs demon
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.