Which to use
“attendrait” and “attendront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,647
- “attendrait” frequency rank
- #41,655
- “attendront” frequency rank
- 71302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendrait | attendront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de attendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de attendre. |
Where the eye mixes attendrait and attendront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: attendrait vs attendront
A purely visual mix-up. attendrait (\a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attendrait is recorded at frequency rank #29,647, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ\. 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 71302, this pair ranks #48,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of attendrait vs attendront
Shared letters: adenrt. Private to "attendrait": i. Private to "attendront": o.
"attendrait" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC · "attendront" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- attendrait ← atendrait · atetndrait · attednrait · attendarit · attenddrait · attendraitt · attendrati · attendriat
- attendront ← atendront · atetndront · attednront · attenddront · attendornt · attendrnot · attendronnt · attendrontt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attendrait" for "attendront" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "attendrait" or "attendront" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "attendrait" and "attendront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "attendrait" 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 #48,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendrait" 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 #48,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.