Which to use
“partirai” and “partirais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,104
- “partirai” frequency rank
- #43,056
- “partirais” frequency rank
- 75160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partirai | partirais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de partir. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de partir. |
Where the eye mixes partirai and partirais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. partirai runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against partirais's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses partirai with partirais
A purely visual mix-up. partirai (\paʁ.ti.ʁe\) and partirais (\paʁ.ti.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) - “partirai” sits inside “partirais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partirai is recorded at frequency rank #32,104, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.ʁe\. partirais is at rank #43,056, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ti.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 75160, this pair ranks #34,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of partirai vs partirais
Shared letters: aiprt. Private to "partirai": -. Private to "partirais": s.
"partirai" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "partirais" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "partirai" for "partirais" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "partirai" or "partirais" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "partirai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partirais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partirai" and "partirais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partirais vs partirait". 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 #34,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.