considéraient vs considérais

Which to use

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

#22,215
“considéraient” frequency rank: #44,948
“considérais” frequency rank: 67163
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	considéraient	considérais
Definition	Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de considérer.	Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de considérer.

Same sound, different letters: considéraient vs considérais

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. considéraient runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVVVCC) against considérais's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch

considéraient

11 ch

considérais

Ear matches; page differs - considéraient and considérais

This is the hard kind. considéraient and considérais are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.si.de.ʁɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

considéraient is recorded at frequency rank #22,215, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.si.de.ʁɛ\. considérais is at rank #44,948, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.si.de.ʁɛ\.

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 67163, this pair ranks #64,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of considéraient vs considérais

Shared letters: acdinorsé. Private to "considéraient": et. Private to "considérais": -.

"considéraient" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVVCC · "considérais" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "considéraient" and "considérais" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.si.de.ʁɛ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "considéraient" vs "considérais" - which ranks higher?

"considéraient" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,215 in our French list, against #44,948 for "considérais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "considéraient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "considérais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #64,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"considéraient" and "considérais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "considérais vs considères". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.