Which to use
“devrais” and “devrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,273
- “devrais” frequency rank
- #413
- “devrait” frequency rank
- 2686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devrais | devrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de devoir. |
Same sound, different letters: devrais vs devrait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - devrais / devrait
This is the hard kind. devrais 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 a single letter - s in “devrais” becomes t in “devrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devrais is recorded at frequency rank #2,273, 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 2686, this pair ranks #435,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devrais vs devrait
Shared letters: adeirv. Private to "devrais": s. Private to "devrait": t.
"devrais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "devrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devrais" and "devrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "devrais" vs "devrait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"devrais" and "devrait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "devrais" 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 #435,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devrais" and "devrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devenais vs devrais". 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 #435,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.