Which to use
“demandée” and “demandées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,638
- “demandée” frequency rank
- #18,459
- “demandées” frequency rank
- 28097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandée | demandées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de demander. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de demander. |
Same sound, different letters: demandée vs demandées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. demandée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against demandées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - demandée / demandées
This is the hard kind. demandée and demandées are pronounced identically (\də.mɑ̃.de\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “demandée” sits inside “demandées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demandée is recorded at frequency rank #9,638, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.de\. demandées is at rank #18,459, 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 28097, this pair ranks #324,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demandée vs demandées
Shared letters: ademné. Private to "demandée": -. Private to "demandées": s.
"demandée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "demandées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demandée" and "demandées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "demandée" or "demandées"?
What to do next
"demandée" and "demandées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demandées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandée" and "demandées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandées vs demanderez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #324,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.