demandeur

/\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,564

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

demandeur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Personne qui demande quelque chose, qui fait métier de demander. Pronounced \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\. Often confused with demandez and dépanneur.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for demandeur is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,564 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for demandeur, with forms such as "ddemandeur", "deamndeur", and "demadneur". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "demandez", "dépanneur", "demandeurs", 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 demandeur, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemandeur,deamndeur,demadneur,demanddeur,demanderu,demandeurr,demanduer,demanedur,demanndeur,demmandeur,demnadeur,dmeandeur,edmandeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for demandeur

Misspelling Variants of "demandeur"

ddemandeur10deamndeur9demadneur9demanddeur10demanderu9demandeurr10demanduer9demanedur9
Misspelling Variants of "demandeur"

Frequency rank: #13,564 in French

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?
"demandeur" 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.