demandéesvsdemandesTell them apart

Quick tell: demandées is a verb, demandes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“demandées” is a verb and “demandes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,459
“demandées” frequency rank
#2,032
“demandes” frequency rank
20491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandées demandes
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de demander. Pluriel de demande.

Where the eye mixes demandées and demandes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

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demandées
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demandes

Visual trap between demandées and demandes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demandées is \də.mɑ̃.de\ while demandes is \də.mɑ̃d\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20491, 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\. demandes is at rank #2,032, tagged as anoun, 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 20491, this pair ranks #368,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demandées vs demandes

Shared letters: ademns. Private to "demandées": é. Private to "demandes": -.

"demandées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "demandes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandesddemandes · deamndes · demadnes · demanddes · demandess · demandse · demaneds · demanndes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demandées" and "demandes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demandées" is a verb and "demandes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "demandées" or "demandes"?
"demandes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,032 in our French list, against #18,459 for "demandées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #368,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandées" and "demandes" 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 #368,018 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