Which to use
“demandées” and “demandent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,459
- “demandées” frequency rank
- #3,193
- “demandent” frequency rank
- 21652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandées | demandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de demander. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demander. |
Where the eye mixes demandées and demandent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: demandées vs demandent
A purely visual mix-up. demandées (\də.mɑ̃.de\) and demandent (\də.mɑ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demandées is recorded at frequency rank #18,459, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.de\. demandent is at rank #3,193, tagged as averb, 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 21652, this pair ranks #362,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demandées vs demandent
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandées": sé. Private to "demandent": t.
"demandées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "demandent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demandent ← ddemandent · deamndent · demadnent · demanddent · demandennt · demandentt · demandetn · demandnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demandées" and "demandent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "demandées" or "demandent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "demandées" and "demandent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demandent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandées" and "demandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandées 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 #362,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.