perdraitvsperdrasTell them apart

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“perdrait” and “perdras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,369
“perdrait” frequency rank
#48,711
“perdras” frequency rank
71080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature perdrait perdras
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de perdre. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de perdre.

Where the eye mixes perdrait and perdras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
perdrait
7 ch
perdras

Look-alike desk: perdrait vs perdras

A purely visual mix-up. perdrait (\pɛʁ.dʁɛ\) and perdras (\pɛʁ.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 71080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

perdrait is recorded at frequency rank #22,369, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.dʁɛ\. perdras is at rank #48,711, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.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 71080, this pair ranks #48,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of perdrait vs perdras

Shared letters: adepr. Private to "perdrait": it. Private to "perdras": s.

"perdrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "perdras" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • perdraiteprdrait · pedrrait · perdarit · perddrait · perdraitt · perdrati · perdriat · perdrrait
  • perdraseprdras · pedrras · perdars · perddras · perdrass · perdrras · perdrsa · perrdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "perdrait" for "perdras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pɛʁ.dʁɛ\ versus \pɛʁ.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "perdrait" vs "perdras" - which ranks higher?
"perdrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,369 in our French list, against #48,711 for "perdras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "perdrait" and "perdras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "perdrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "perdras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "perdrait" and "perdras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdrai vs perdras". 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 #48,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list