Which to use
“attendait” and “attendit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,041
- “attendait” frequency rank
- #38,153
- “attendit” frequency rank
- 42194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendait | attendit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de attendre. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de attendre. |
Where the eye mixes attendait and attendit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. attendait runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against attendit's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between attendait and attendit
A purely visual mix-up. attendait (\a.tɑ̃.dɛ\) and attendit (\a.tɑ̃.di\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attendait is recorded at frequency rank #4,041, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dɛ\. attendit is at rank #38,153, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.di\.
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 42194, this pair ranks #227,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attendait vs attendit
Shared letters: adeint. Private to "attendait": -. Private to "attendit": -.
"attendait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "attendit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attendait" for "attendit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "attendait" or "attendit"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "attendait" and "attendit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "attendait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendait" and "attendit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attendit vs attendrir". 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 #227,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.