Which to use
“attendons” and “attends” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,195
- “attendons” frequency rank
- #1,468
- “attends” frequency rank
- 9663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendons | attends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de attendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de attendre. |
Where the eye mixes attendons and attends
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. attendons runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCC) against attends's 7 (VCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between attendons and attends
A purely visual mix-up. attendons (\a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃\) and attends (\a.tɑ̃\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9663, 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\. attends is at rank #1,468, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃\.
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 9663, this pair ranks #415,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attendons vs attends
Shared letters: adenst. Private to "attendons": o. Private to "attends": -.
"attendons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "attends" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attendons" for "attends" ever safe?
Which is more common, "attendons" or "attends"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "attendons" and "attends" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "attendons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendons" and "attends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attendons 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 #415,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.