demandéevsdemanderaConfusable pair

Which to use

“demandée” and “demandera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,638
“demandée” frequency rank
#12,140
“demandera” frequency rank
21778
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandée demandera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de demander. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de demander.

Where the eye mixes demandée and demandera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
demandée
9 ch
demandera

Why the eye confuses demandée with demandera

A purely visual mix-up. demandée (\də.mɑ̃.de\) and demandera (\də.mɑ̃.də.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21778, 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\. demandera is at rank #12,140, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁa\.

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 21778, this pair ranks #361,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demandée vs demandera

Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandée": é. Private to "demandera": r.

"demandée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "demandera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demanderaddemandera · deamndera · demadnera · demanddera · demandear · demanderra · demandrea · demanedra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demandée" and "demandera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\də.mɑ̃.de\ versus \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "demandée" or "demandera"?
"demandée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,638 in our French list, against #12,140 for "demandera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demandera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #361,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandée" and "demandera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandera 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 #361,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list