Which to use
“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.
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
- deviendrais ← ddeviendrais · deivendrais · deveindrais · deviednrais · deviendaris · devienddrais · deviendraiss · deviendrasi
- deviendrait ← ddeviendrait · deivendrait · deveindrait · deviednrait · deviendarit · devienddrait · deviendraitt · deviendrati
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "deviendrais" for "deviendrait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "deviendrais" or "deviendrait"?
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.