demanderavsdemandeursWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: demandera is a verb, demandeurs is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“demandera” is a verb and “demandeurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,140
“demandera” frequency rank
#8,834
“demandeurs” frequency rank
20974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandera demandeurs
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de demander. Masculin pluriel de demandeur.

Where the eye mixes demandera and demandeurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. demandera runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against demandeurs's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
demandera
10 ch
demandeurs

Look-alike desk: demandera vs demandeurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demandera is \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁa\ while demandeurs is \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demandera is recorded at frequency rank #12,140, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁa\. demandeurs is at rank #8,834, tagged as anadj, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ\.

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 20974, this pair ranks #365,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demandera vs demandeurs

Shared letters: ademnr. Private to "demandera": -. Private to "demandeurs": su.

"demandera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "demandeurs" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandera ← ddemandera · deamndera · demadnera · demanddera · demandear · demanderra · demandrea · demanedra
  • demandeurs ← ddemandeurs · deamndeurs · demadneurs · demanddeurs · demanderus · demandeurrs · demandeurss · demandeusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demandera" and "demandeurs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demandera" is a verb and "demandeurs" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "demandera" or "demandeurs"?
"demandeurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,834 in our French list, against #12,140 for "demandera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demandeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #365,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandera" and "demandeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandera 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 #365,521 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