demander pardon
\də.mɑ̃.de paʁ.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“demander pardon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des excuses, s’excuser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demander-pardon · demander pardon · French
demander pardon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demander pardon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \də.mɑ̃.de paʁ.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « demander pardon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
demander pardon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \də.mɑ̃.de paʁ.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des excuses, s’excuser.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for demander pardon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is demander pardon, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-R- -P-A-R-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Faire des excuses, s’excuser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demander pardon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sage : «Il ne l’était pas. Mais, tu l’as empoisonné en le volant. Pour arrêter ta misère, va demander pardon au pêcheur».
– Bonté divine, j’te demande pardon, mon pote, je t’avais pas vu arriver ! s’excusa-t-il.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.