demandadavsdemandandoConfusable pair

Quick tell: demandada is a participle, demandando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“demandada” is a participle and “demandando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,181
“demandada” frequency rank
#29,148
“demandando” frequency rank
56329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandada demandando
Definition Forma del femenino de demandado, participio de demandar. Gerundio de demandar.

Where the eye mixes demandada and demandando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
demandada
10 ch
demandando

Look-alike desk: demandada vs demandando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demandada is [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞a] while demandando is [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demandada is recorded at frequency rank #27,181, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. demandando is at rank #29,148, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪d̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 56329, this pair ranks #75,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demandada vs demandando

Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandada": -. Private to "demandando": o.

"demandada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "demandando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandadaddemandada · deamndada · demadnada · demanadda · demandaad · demandadda · demanddaa · demanddada
  • demandandoddemandando · deamndando · demadnando · demanadndo · demandadno · demandanddo · demandanndo · demandanod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demandada" and "demandando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demandada" is a participle and "demandando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "demandada" or "demandando" show up more?
"demandada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,181 in our Spanish list, against #29,148 for "demandando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demandando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandada" and "demandando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandaba vs demandada". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #75,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list