Which to use
“irai” and “irait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,994
- “irai” frequency rank
- #8,258
- “irait” frequency rank
- 14252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irai | irait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif futur simple de aller. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de aller. |
Where the eye mixes irai and irait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. irai runs 4 letters (VCVV) against irait's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses irai with irait
A purely visual mix-up. irai (\i.ʁe\) and irait (\i.ʁɛ\) 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) - “irai” sits inside “irait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irai is recorded at frequency rank #5,994, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ʁe\. irait is at rank #8,258, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ʁɛ\.
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 14252, this pair ranks #397,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of irai vs irait
Shared letters: air. Private to "irai": -. Private to "irait": t.
"irai" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "irait" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "irai" and "irait" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "irai" or "irait" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "irai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irai" and "irait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irai vs isi". 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 #397,502 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.