Which to use
“devraient” and “devrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,910
- “devraient” frequency rank
- #413
- “devrait” frequency rank
- 2323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devraient | devrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de devoir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir. |
Same sound, different letters: devraient vs devrait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - devraient / devrait
This is the hard kind. devraient and devrait are pronounced identically (\də.vʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devraient is recorded at frequency rank #1,910, classified as averb, pronounced \də.vʁɛ\. 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 2323, this pair ranks #436,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devraient vs devrait
Shared letters: adeirtv. Private to "devraient": n. Private to "devrait": -.
"devraient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "devrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "devraient" for "devrait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "devraient" vs "devrait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "devraient" / "devrait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "devraient" 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 #436,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devraient" and "devrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévorant vs devrait". 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 #436,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.