demande

/\də.mɑ̃d\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#249

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

demande is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de demander : requête. Pronounced \də.mɑ̃d\. It ranks #249 in French word frequency. Often confused with démodé and dérange.

Key facts for demande
PropertyValue
Headworddemande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.mɑ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#249
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of demande in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for demande is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də.mɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #249 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for demande, with forms such as "ddemande", "deamnde", and "demadne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "démodé", "dérange", "démarre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is demande, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de demander : requête.
  2. 2
    Démarche par laquelle on demande une jeune fille en mariage à ses parents.
  3. 3
    Écrit qui contient une demande : requête.
  4. 4
    Quantité de produits ou de services demandée par les acheteurs.
  5. 5
    Action qu’on intente en justice pour obtenir une chose à laquelle on a ou l’on croit avoir droit, plainte, accusation, requête.
  6. 6
    Chose demandée, souhait.
  7. 7
    Question, interrogation.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemande,deamnde,demadne,demandde,demaned,demannde,demmande,demnade,dmeande,edmande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demande

Misspelling Variants of "demande"

ddemande8deamnde7demadne7demandde8demaned7demannde8demmande8demnade7
Misspelling Variants of "demande"

Frequency rank: #249 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demande"?
"demande" is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mɑ̃d\.
What does "demande" mean?
As a noun, "demande" means: Action de demander : requête.
What words are commonly confused with "demande"?
"demande" is commonly confused with "démodé", "dérange", "démarre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demande" is \də.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demande" come from?
"demande" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.