attendonsvsattendrontTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,195
“attendons” frequency rank
#41,655
“attendront” frequency rank
49850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature attendons attendront
Definition Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de attendre. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de attendre.

Where the eye mixes attendons and attendront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
attendons
10 ch
attendront

Look-alike desk: attendons vs attendront

A purely visual mix-up. attendons (\a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃\) and attendront (\a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\) 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 49850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

attendons is recorded at frequency rank #8,195, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃\. attendront is at rank #41,655, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\.

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 49850, this pair ranks #167,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of attendons vs attendront

Shared letters: adenot. Private to "attendons": s. Private to "attendront": r.

"attendons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC  ·  "attendront" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • attendonsatendons · atetndons · attednons · attenddons · attendnos · attendonns · attendonss · attendosn
  • attendrontatendront · atetndront · attednront · attenddront · attendornt · attendrnot · attendronnt · attendrontt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "attendons" and "attendront" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃\ versus \a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "attendons" or "attendront"?
"attendons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,195 in our French list, against #41,655 for "attendront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "attendons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "attendront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "attendons" and "attendront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atteindront vs attendront". 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 #167,402 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