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Which to use

“demanda” and “demandée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,138
“demanda” frequency rank
#9,638
“demandée” frequency rank
19776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demanda demandée
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de demander. Participe passé féminin singulier de demander.

Where the eye mixes demanda and demandée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
demanda
8 ch
demandée

Visual trap between demanda and demandée

A purely visual mix-up. demanda (\də.mɑ̃.da\) and demandée (\də.mɑ̃.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demanda is recorded at frequency rank #10,138, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.da\. demandée is at rank #9,638, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.de\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19776, this pair ranks #371,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demanda vs demandée

Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demanda": -. Private to "demandée": é.

"demanda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "demandée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandaddemanda · deamnda · demadna · demanad · demandda · demannda · demmanda · demnada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demanda" for "demandée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\də.mɑ̃.da\ versus \də.mɑ̃.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "demanda" or "demandée"?
"demandée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,638 in our French list, against #10,138 for "demanda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demanda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demandée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #371,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demanda" and "demandée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandée vs demanderez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #371,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list