demander

\də.mɑ̃.de\

/\də.mɑ̃.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“demander” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#602
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indiquer à quelqu’un par des paroles, par un écrit ou tout autre moyen ce qu’on désire obtenir de lui.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demander · demander · French

demander · rank #602 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #602
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demain

Nearest frequency peer: demain (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « demander »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « demander » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

demander vs démange
63% similar
demander vs demandes
88% similar
demander vs demandez
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for demander
PropertyValue
Headworddemander
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\də.mɑ̃.de\
Letters8
Frequency rank#602
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demander »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).demanderse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « demain » (#601), « formation » (#603), « comprendre » (#600). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demander » est au #602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around demander (IPA \də.mɑ̃.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #602 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for demander, with forms such as "ddemander", "deamnder", and "demadner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "démange", "demandes", "demandez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is demander, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indiquer à quelqu’un par des paroles, par un écrit ou tout autre moyen ce qu’on désire obtenir de lui.
  2. 2
    S’adresser à la justice, pour obtenir quelque chose, un droit.
  3. 3
    Demander l’aumône.
  4. 4
    Dire ou prier de donner, d’apporter, d’expédier quelque chose, d’envoyer ou d’aller chercher quelqu’un, etc.
  5. 5
    Demander en mariage.
  6. 6
    Faire savoir que l'on cherche quelque chose ou quelqu'un.
  7. 7
    Chercher quelqu’un pour le voir.
  8. 8
    Chercher à savoir, à connaître en questionnant.
  9. 9
    Exiger, avoir besoin de.
  10. 10
    (demander d'après qqn) saluer quelqu'un ou demander des nouvelles

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how demander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tu me mets l’eau à la bouche, raconte-moi tout, j’ai hâte de savoir pourquoi tu m’as demandé de te rejoindre.
  2. Ils demandent ensuite cent francs chacun de gratification quand ils auront trouvé le pêcheur pour nous conduire à l’Oyapok.

This word in other languages

ask for(English)preguntar(Español)anfordern(Deutsch)exigir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemander
  • deamnder
  • demadner
  • demandder
  • demanderr
  • demandre
  • demanedr
  • demannder
  • demmander
  • demnader
  • dmeander
  • edmander

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demander - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddemander1deamnder2demadner2demandder1demanderr1demandre2demanedr2demannder1
Edit distance from "demander"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demander"?
"demander" is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mɑ̃.de\.
What does "demander" mean?
As a verb, "demander" means: Indiquer à quelqu’un par des paroles, par un écrit ou tout autre moyen ce qu’on désire obtenir de lui.
What words are commonly confused with "demander"?
"demander" is commonly confused with "démange", "demandes", "demandez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demander" is \də.mɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demander" come from?
"demander" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "demander", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list