demandadosvsdemandandoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,182
“demandados” frequency rank
#29,148
“demandando” frequency rank
56330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandados demandando
Definition Forma del plural de demandado, participio de demandar. Gerundio de demandar.

Where the eye mixes demandados and demandando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
demandados
10 ch
demandando

Visual trap between demandados and demandando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demandados is [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞os] while demandando is [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demandados is recorded at frequency rank #27,182, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. 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 56330, this pair ranks #75,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demandados vs demandando

Shared letters: ademno. Private to "demandados": s. Private to "demandando": -.

"demandados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "demandando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandadosddemandados · deamndados · demadnados · demanaddos · demandaddos · demandadoss · demandadso · demandaods
  • demandandoddemandando · deamndando · demadnando · demanadndo · demandadno · demandanddo · demandanndo · demandanod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demandados" and "demandando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demandados" is a participle and "demandando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "demandados" or "demandando" show up more?
"demandados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,182 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandados" 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 #75,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandados" and "demandando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandados vs demandaron". 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 #75,064 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