Which to use
“devrai” and “devrais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,008
- “devrai” frequency rank
- #2,273
- “devrais” frequency rank
- 16281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devrai | devrais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de devoir. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes devrai and devrais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses devrai with devrais
A purely visual mix-up. devrai (\də.vʁe\) and devrais (\də.vʁɛ\) 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) - “devrai” sits inside “devrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devrai is recorded at frequency rank #14,008, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vʁe\. devrais is at rank #2,273, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vʁɛ\.
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 16281, this pair ranks #388,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devrai vs devrais
Shared letters: adeirv. Private to "devrai": -. Private to "devrais": s.
"devrai" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "devrais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devrai" and "devrais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "devrai" vs "devrais" - which ranks higher?
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 "devrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devrai" and "devrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Debra vs devrai". 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 #388,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.