Which to use
“demande” and “demandes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #249
- “demande” frequency rank
- #2,032
- “demandes” frequency rank
- 2281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demande | demandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de demander : requête. | Pluriel de demande. |
Same sound, different letters: demande vs demandes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - demande / demandes
This is the hard kind. demande and demandes are pronounced identically (\də.mɑ̃d\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “demande” sits inside “demandes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demande is recorded at frequency rank #249, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.mɑ̃d\. demandes is at rank #2,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.mɑ̃d\.
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 2281, this pair ranks #436,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demande vs demandes
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demande": -. Private to "demandes": s.
"demande" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "demandes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "demande" for "demandes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "demande" or "demandes"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "demande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demande" and "demandes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandes vs démunies". 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 #436,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.