Which to use
“demandaient” and “demandais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,607
- “demandaient” frequency rank
- #7,810
- “demandais” frequency rank
- 23417
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandaient | demandais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de demander. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de demander. |
Same sound, different letters: demandaient vs demandais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. demandaient runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVVCC) against demandais's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: demandaient vs demandais
This is the hard kind. demandaient and demandais are pronounced identically (\də.mɑ̃.dɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demandaient is recorded at frequency rank #15,607, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.dɛ\. demandais is at rank #7,810, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.dɛ\.
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 23417, this pair ranks #352,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demandaient vs demandais
Shared letters: adeimn. Private to "demandaient": t. Private to "demandais": s.
"demandaient" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVCC · "demandais" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demandaient ← ddemandaient · deamndaient · demadnaient · demanadient · demandaeint · demandaiennt · demandaientt · demandaietn
- demandais ← ddemandais · deamndais · demadnais · demanadis · demandaiss · demandasi · demanddais · demandias
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demandaient" and "demandais" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "demandaient" or "demandais" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "demandaient" / "demandais". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demandais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandaient" and "demandais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandaient vs dépendaient". 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 #352,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.