Which to use
“découvre” and “découvrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,773
- “découvre” frequency rank
- #9,986
- “découvrent” frequency rank
- 12759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvre | découvrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. |
Same sound, different letters: découvre vs découvrent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. découvre runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against découvrent's 10 (CVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - découvre / découvrent
This is the hard kind. découvre and découvrent are pronounced identically (\de.kuvʁ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “découvre” sits inside “découvrent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découvre is recorded at frequency rank #2,773, classified as averb, pronounced \de.kuvʁ\. découvrent is at rank #9,986, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kuvʁ\.
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 12759, this pair ranks #403,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of découvre vs découvrent
Shared letters: cdeoruvé. Private to "découvre": -. Private to "découvrent": nt.
"découvre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "découvrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "découvre" and "découvrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "découvre" or "découvrent" show up more?
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 "découvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvre" and "découvrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs découvrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #403,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.