# demand

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈmɑːnd/ · frequency rank #1,523

## Definitions
1. The desire to purchase goods and services.
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. A forceful claim for something.
4. A requirement.
5. An urgent request.
6. An order.
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.

## Easily confused with
- **demon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-demon)
- **depend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-depend)
- **Durand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-durand)
- **demean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-demean)
- **demands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-demands)
- **Desmond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-desmond)
- **demanded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demand-vs-demanded)
- **dead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dead-vs-demand)
- **dean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dean-vs-demand)
- **deans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deans-vs-demand)
- **Deane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deane-vs-demand)
- **defend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defend-vs-demand)
- **Delano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delano-vs-demand)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddemand`, `deamnd`, `demadn`, `demandd`, `demannd`, `demmand`, `demnad`, `dmeand`, `edmand`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/demand