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demand

de·mand/dɪˈmænd/noun, verb

demand is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (de·mand). It appears 69 times per million words in written English, the 1,528th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, demand means “The desire to purchase goods and services” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of demand is demands.

How many letters and syllables are in demand?

Letters6: D-E-M-A-N-D
Syllables2: de·mand
In writing69 times per million words; the 1,528th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is demand?

Demand appears 69 times per million words in written English, the 1,528th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce demand?

  • UK /dɪˈmɑːnd/
  • US /dɪˈmænd/
  • US /dəˈmænd/

Demand has 2 syllables, split de·mand in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-demand.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-demand.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with demand?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as demand from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: damned, madden.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of demand

  • demands plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • demanding participle, present
  • demanded participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does demand mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The desire to purchase goods and services.

    Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.

  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.

    Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.

  3. 3

    A forceful claim for something.

    Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.

  4. 4

    A requirement.

    His job makes many demands on his time.

  5. 5

    An urgent request.

    She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.

  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.

verb

  1. 1

    To request forcefully.

    I demand to see the manager.

  2. 2

    To claim a right to something.

    The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.

  3. 3

    To ask forcefully for information.

    I demand an immediate explanation.

  4. 4

    To require of someone.

    This job demands a lot of patience.

  5. 5

    To issue a summons to court.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Demand in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdemande (desire to purchase goods and services), exigence (forceful claim for something), exiger (to request forcefully)
GermanNachfrage, Bedarf (desire to purchase goods and services), Anspruch, Forderung (forceful claim for something), verlangen, bestehen (auf etwas) (to request forcefully)
Portuguesedemanda, pedido (desire to purchase goods and services), demandar, exigir (to request forcefully), solicitação (order)
Spanishdemanda, demanda económica (desire to purchase goods and services), intimación, intima (forceful claim for something), exigir, demandar (to request forcefully)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does demand come from?

From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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