Which to use
“demandée” and “demander” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,638
- “demandée” frequency rank
- #602
- “demander” frequency rank
- 10240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandée | demander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de demander. | Indiquer à quelqu’un par des paroles, par un écrit ou tout autre moyen ce qu’on désire obtenir de lui. |
Same sound, different letters: demandée vs demander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - demandée / demander
This is the hard kind. demandée and demander 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10240, 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\. demander is at rank #602, 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 10240, this pair ranks #413,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demandée vs demander
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandée": é. Private to "demander": r.
"demandée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "demander" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demander ← ddemander · deamnder · demadner · demandder · demanderr · demandre · demanedr · demannder
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demandée" and "demander" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "demandée" or "demander" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demander" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandée" and "demander" 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 #413,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.