demandervsdemanderezWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#602
“demander” frequency rank
#49,592
“demanderez” frequency rank
50194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demander demanderez
Definition Indiquer à quelqu’un par des paroles, par un écrit ou tout autre moyen ce qu’on désire obtenir de lui. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de demander.

Where the eye mixes demander and demanderez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. demander runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against demanderez's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
demander
10 ch
demanderez

Visual trap between demander and demanderez

A purely visual mix-up. demander (\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 extra letter(s) - “demander” sits inside “demanderez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demander is recorded at frequency rank #602, 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 50194, this pair ranks #164,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demander vs demanderez

Shared letters: ademnr. Private to "demander": -. Private to "demanderez": z.

"demander" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "demanderez" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demanderddemander · deamnder · demadner · demandder · demanderr · demandre · demanedr · demannder
  • demanderezddemanderez · deamnderez · demadnerez · demandderez · demandeerz · demanderezz · demanderrez · demanderze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demander" 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.
Which is more common, "demander" or "demanderez"?
"demander" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #602 in our French list, against #49,592 for "demanderez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "demander" and "demanderez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demander" 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 #164,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demander" 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 #164,557 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