demandéevsdemanderezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,638
“demandée” frequency rank
#49,592
“demanderez” frequency rank
59230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandée demanderez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de demander. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de demander.

Where the eye mixes demandée and demanderez

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

8 ch
demandée
10 ch
demanderez

Visual trap between demandée and demanderez

A purely visual mix-up. demandée (\də.mɑ̃.de\) and demanderez (\də.mɑ̃.də.ʁe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59230, 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\. demanderez is at rank #49,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁe\.

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 59230, this pair ranks #104,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demandée vs demanderez

Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandée": é. Private to "demanderez": rz.

"demandée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "demanderez" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demanderezddemanderez · deamnderez · demadnerez · demandderez · demandeerz · demanderezz · demanderrez · demanderze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demandée" for "demanderez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\də.mɑ̃.de\ versus \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "demandée" vs "demanderez" - which ranks higher?
"demandée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,638 in our French list, against #49,592 for "demanderez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demanderez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandée" and "demanderez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandèrent 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 #104,322 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