Which to use
“devrai” and “devrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,008
- “devrai” frequency rank
- #413
- “devrait” frequency rank
- 14421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devrai | devrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de devoir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes devrai and devrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between devrai and devrait
A purely visual mix-up. devrai (\də.vʁe\) and devrait (\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 “devrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14421, 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\. devrait is at rank #413, 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 14421, this pair ranks #396,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devrai vs devrait
Shared letters: adeirv. Private to "devrai": -. Private to "devrait": t.
"devrai" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "devrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devrai" and "devrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "devrai" vs "devrait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "devrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devrai" and "devrait" 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 #396,747 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.