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

#13,566
“deviendrait” frequency rank
#15,125
“deviendront” frequency rank
28691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deviendrait deviendront
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devenir. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de devenir.

Where the eye mixes deviendrait and deviendront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
deviendrait
11 ch
deviendront

Why the eye confuses deviendrait with deviendront

A purely visual mix-up. deviendrait (\də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\) and deviendront (\də.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deviendrait is recorded at frequency rank #13,566, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\. deviendront is at rank #15,125, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃\.

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 28691, this pair ranks #321,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deviendrait vs deviendront

Shared letters: deinrtv. Private to "deviendrait": a. Private to "deviendront": o.

"deviendrait" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCCVVC  ·  "deviendront" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deviendraitddeviendrait · deivendrait · deveindrait · deviednrait · deviendarit · devienddrait · deviendraitt · deviendrati
  • deviendrontddeviendront · deivendront · deveindront · deviednront · devienddront · deviendornt · deviendrnot · deviendronnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deviendrait" and "deviendront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\ versus \də.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "deviendrait" vs "deviendront" - which ranks higher?
"deviendrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,566 in our French list, against #15,125 for "deviendront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deviendrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deviendront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #321,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deviendrait" and "deviendront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deviendrais vs deviendrait". 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 #321,283 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