Which to use
“développer” and “développera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,812
- “développer” frequency rank
- #31,942
- “développera” frequency rank
- 33754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | développer | développera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dégager une chose de ce qui l’enveloppe. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de développer. |
Where the eye mixes développer and développera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. développer runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCCVC) against développera's 11 (CVCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: développer vs développera
A purely visual mix-up. développer (\dɛv.lɔ.pe\) and développera (\de.vlɔ.pə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “développer” sits inside “développera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
développer is recorded at frequency rank #1,812, classified as averb, pronounced \dɛv.lɔ.pe\. développera is at rank #31,942, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vlɔ.pə.ʁa\.
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 33754, this pair ranks #288,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of développer vs développera
Shared letters: deloprvé. Private to "développer": -. Private to "développera": a.
"développer" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC · "développera" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "développer" for "développera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "développer" or "développera" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "développer" and "développera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "développer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "développera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "développer" and "développera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "développa vs développera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #288,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.