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

#27,400
“demanderais” frequency rank
#44,975
“demanderons” frequency rank
72375
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demanderais demanderons
Definition Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de demander. Première personne du pluriel du futur de demander.

Where the eye mixes demanderais and demanderons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
demanderais
11 ch
demanderons

Look-alike desk: demanderais vs demanderons

A purely visual mix-up. demanderais (\də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɛ\) and demanderons (\də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demanderais is recorded at frequency rank #27,400, classified as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɛ\. demanderons is at rank #44,975, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɔ̃\.

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 72375, this pair ranks #44,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of demanderais vs demanderons

Shared letters: ademnrs. Private to "demanderais": i. Private to "demanderons": o.

"demanderais" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC  ·  "demanderons" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demanderaisddemanderais · deamnderais · demadnerais · demandderais · demandearis · demanderaiss · demanderasi · demanderias
  • demanderonsddemanderons · deamnderons · demadnerons · demandderons · demandeorns · demandernos · demanderonns · demanderonss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demanderais" for "demanderons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɛ\ versus \də.mɑ̃.də.ʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "demanderais" or "demanderons"?
"demanderais" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,400 in our French list, against #44,975 for "demanderons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "demanderais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demanderons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demanderais" and "demanderons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandèrent vs demanderons". 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 #44,235 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