demandeur

\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\

/\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“demandeur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,564
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui demande quelque chose, qui fait métier de demander.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demandeur · demandeur · French

demandeur · rank #13,564 · 13 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,564
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH death

Nearest frequency peer: death (-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 « demandeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « demandeur » 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).

demandeur vs demandez
78% similar
demandeur vs dépanneur
67% similar
demandeur vs demandeurs
90% similar

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

Key facts for demandeur
PropertyValue
Headworddemandeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,564
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « demandeur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).demandeurse 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 « death » (#13,563), « deviendrait » (#13,566), « Créteil » (#13,561). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « demandeur » est au #13,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around demandeur (IPA \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,564 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for demandeur, with forms such as "ddemandeur", "deamndeur", and "demadneur". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "demandez", "dépanneur", "demandeurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is demandeur, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui demande quelque chose, qui fait métier de demander.
  2. 2
    Personne qui intente un procès, qui forme une demande à une autre personne, et à la justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est un demandeur perpétuel.
  2. La défenderesse s’est donc rangée à gauche à 50 ou 75 pieds de la moto et elle a mis en fonction ses clignoteurs de gauche. À quinze pieds en avant de l’automobile, le demandeur a soudainement viré à gauche.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemandeur
  • deamndeur
  • demadneur
  • demanddeur
  • demanderu
  • demandeurr
  • demanduer
  • demanedur
  • demanndeur
  • demmandeur
  • demnadeur
  • dmeandeur
  • edmandeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demandeur - 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.

ddemandeur1deamndeur2demadneur2demanddeur1demanderu2demandeurr1demanduer2demanedur2
Edit distance from "demandeur"

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 "demandeur"?
"demandeur" is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\.
What does "demandeur" mean?
As a noun, "demandeur" means: Personne qui demande quelque chose, qui fait métier de demander.
What words are commonly confused with "demandeur"?
"demandeur" is commonly confused with "demandez", "dépanneur", "demandeurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "demandeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demandeur" is \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demandeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list