Which to use
“iraient” and “irait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,703
- “iraient” frequency rank
- #8,258
- “irait” frequency rank
- 33961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | iraient | irait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel présent de aller. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de aller. |
Same sound, different letters: iraient vs irait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. iraient runs 7 letters (VCVVVCC) against irait's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - iraient and irait
This is the hard kind. iraient and irait are pronounced identically (\i.ʁɛ\) 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 33961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
iraient is recorded at frequency rank #25,703, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ʁɛ\. 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 33961, this pair ranks #287,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of iraient vs irait
Shared letters: airt. Private to "iraient": en. Private to "irait": -.
"iraient" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVCC · "irait" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "iraient" for "irait" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"iraient" and "irait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "iraient" 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 #287,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "iraient" and "irait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "iraient vs irakiens". 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 #287,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.