Which to use
“prendra” and “prendras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,090
- “prendra” frequency rank
- #36,107
- “prendras” frequency rank
- 40197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prendra | prendras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe prendre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur du verbe prendre. |
Same sound, different letters: prendra vs prendras
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - prendra / prendras
This is the hard kind. prendra and prendras are pronounced identically (\pʁɑ̃.dʁa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “prendra” sits inside “prendras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prendra is recorded at frequency rank #4,090, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁa\. prendras is at rank #36,107, 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 40197, this pair ranks #242,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prendra vs prendras
Shared letters: adenpr. Private to "prendra": -. Private to "prendras": s.
"prendra" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "prendras" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"prendra" and "prendras" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prendras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prendra" and "prendras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdras vs prendras". 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 #242,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.