Which to use
“demandées” and “demander” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,459
- “demandées” frequency rank
- #602
- “demander” frequency rank
- 19061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandées | demander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel 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: demandées vs demander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. demandées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against demander's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: demandées vs demander
This is the hard kind. demandées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19061, 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\. 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 19061, this pair ranks #375,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of demandées vs demander
Shared letters: ademn. Private to "demandées": sé. Private to "demander": r.
"demandées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "demander" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demander ← ddemander · deamnder · demadner · demandder · demanderr · demandre · demanedr · demannder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "demandées" and "demander" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "demandées" vs "demander" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"demandées" and "demander" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandées" 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 #375,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandées" and "demander" 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 #375,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.