deviendraisvsdeviendraitConfusable pair

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

#42,279
“deviendrais” frequency rank
#13,566
“deviendrait” frequency rank
55845
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deviendrais deviendrait
Definition Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de devenir. Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devenir.

Same sound, different letters: deviendrais vs deviendrait

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

11 ch
deviendrais
11 ch
deviendrait

Same sound, different spelling - deviendrais / deviendrait

This is the hard kind. deviendrais and deviendrait are pronounced identically (\də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\) 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 a single letter - s in “deviendrais” becomes t in “deviendrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deviendrais is recorded at frequency rank #42,279, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\. deviendrait is at rank #13,566, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\.

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 55845, this pair ranks #124,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deviendrais vs deviendrait

Shared letters: adeinrv. Private to "deviendrais": s. Private to "deviendrait": t.

"deviendrais" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCCVVC  ·  "deviendrait" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deviendraisddeviendrais · deivendrais · deveindrais · deviednrais · deviendaris · devienddrais · deviendraiss · deviendrasi
  • deviendraitddeviendrait · deivendrait · deveindrait · deviednrait · deviendarit · devienddrait · deviendraitt · deviendrati

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "deviendrais" for "deviendrait" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "deviendrais" or "deviendrait"?
"deviendrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,566 in our French list, against #42,279 for "deviendrais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "deviendrais" / "deviendrait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deviendrais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deviendrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deviendrais" and "deviendrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deviendraient vs deviendrais". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #124,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list