découvre vs découvres, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,773
“découvre” frequency rank: #30,988
“découvres” frequency rank: 33761
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	découvre	découvres
Definition	Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir.	Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir.

Same sound, different letters: découvre vs découvres

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. découvre runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against découvres's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

découvre

9 ch

découvres

Same sound, different spelling - découvre / découvres

This is the hard kind. découvre and découvres 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 1 extra letter(s) - “découvre” sits inside “découvres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33761, 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\. découvres is at rank #30,988, 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 33761, this pair ranks #288,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of découvre vs découvres

Shared letters: cdeoruvé. Private to "découvre": -. Private to "découvres": s.

"découvre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "découvres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "découvre" for "découvres" ever safe?

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

In ordinary French text, does "découvre" or "découvres" show up more?

"découvre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,773 in our French list, against #30,988 for "découvres". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

"découvre" and "découvres" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "découvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "découvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #288,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"découvre" and "découvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrais vs découvres". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #288,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.