Which to use
“demandent” and “démarrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,193
- “demandent” frequency rank
- #32,387
- “démarrent” frequency rank
- 35580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demandent | démarrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de demander. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de démarrer. |
Where the eye mixes demandent and démarrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. demandent and démarrent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: demandent vs démarrent
A purely visual mix-up. demandent (\də.mɑ̃d\) and démarrent (\de.maʁ\) 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 35580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demandent is recorded at frequency rank #3,193, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃d\. démarrent is at rank #32,387, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.maʁ\.
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 35580, this pair ranks #275,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demandent vs démarrent
Shared letters: ademnt. Private to "demandent": -. Private to "démarrent": ré.
"demandent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "démarrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- demandent ← ddemandent · deamndent · demadnent · demanddent · demandennt · demandentt · demandetn · demandnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "demandent" for "démarrent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "demandent" vs "démarrent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "demandent" and "démarrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demandent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démarrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demandent" and "démarrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démarquent vs démarrent". 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 #275,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.