Which to use
“découvrent” and “découvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,986
- “découvrent” frequency rank
- #30,988
- “découvres” frequency rank
- 40974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvrent | découvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. |
Same sound, different letters: découvrent vs découvres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. découvrent runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVCC) against découvres's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: découvrent vs découvres
This is the hard kind. découvrent 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découvrent is recorded at frequency rank #9,986, 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 40974, this pair ranks #236,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découvrent vs découvres
Shared letters: cdeoruvé. Private to "découvrent": nt. Private to "découvres": s.
"découvrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "découvres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "découvrent" and "découvres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "découvrent" or "découvres"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "découvrent" / "découvres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrent" 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 #236,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvrent" and "découvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrais vs découvres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #236,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.