Which to use
“pendre” and “prendrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,110
- “pendre” frequency rank
- #26,481
- “prendrez” frequency rank
- 40591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pendre | prendrez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe prendre. |
Where the eye mixes pendre and prendrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pendre vs prendrez
A purely visual mix-up. pendre (\pɑ̃dʁ\) and prendrez (\pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40591, 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\. prendrez is at rank #26,481, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁe\.
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 40591, this pair ranks #239,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pendre vs prendrez
Shared letters: denpr. Private to "pendre": -. Private to "prendrez": z.
"pendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "prendrez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pendre" and "prendrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pendre" or "prendrez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prendrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pendre" and "prendrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdrez vs prendrez". 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 #239,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.