Which to use
“pendre” and “prendra” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,110
- “pendre” frequency rank
- #4,090
- “prendra” frequency rank
- 18200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pendre | prendra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Attacher une chose, une personne ou un animal en haut par une de ses parties, de manière qu’elle ne touche pas en bas. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe prendre. |
Where the eye mixes pendre and prendra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses pendre with prendra
A purely visual mix-up. pendre (\pɑ̃dʁ\) and prendra (\pʁɑ̃.dʁa\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pendre is recorded at frequency rank #14,110, classified as averb, pronounced \pɑ̃dʁ\. prendra is at rank #4,090, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁa\.
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 18200, this pair ranks #379,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pendre vs prendra
Shared letters: denpr. Private to "pendre": -. Private to "prendra": a.
"pendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "prendra" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pendre" and "prendra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prendra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pendre" and "prendra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pendre vs perdrez". 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 #379,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.