Which to use
“demandaient” and “demandait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,607
- “demandaient” frequency rank
- #5,857
- “demandait” frequency rank
- 21464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandaient | demandait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de demander. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de demander. |
Same sound, different letters: demandaient vs demandait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - demandaient / demandait
This is the hard kind. demandaient and demandait 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 21464, 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\. demandait is at rank #5,857, 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 21464, this pair ranks #363,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demandaient vs demandait
Shared letters: adeimnt. Private to "demandaient": -. Private to "demandait": -.
"demandaient" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVCC · "demandait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demandaient ← ddemandaient · deamndaient · demadnaient · demanadient · demandaeint · demandaiennt · demandaientt · demandaietn
- demandait ← ddemandait · deamndait · demadnait · demanadit · demandaitt · demandati · demanddait · demandiat
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "demandaient" vs "demandait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"demandaient" and "demandait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demandait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandaient" and "demandait" 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 #363,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.