prendraivsprendraisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#15,968
“prendrai” frequency rank
#13,665
“prendrais” frequency rank
29633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prendrai prendrais
Definition Première personne du singulier du futur du verbe prendre. Première personne du singulier du conditionnel du verbe prendre.

Where the eye mixes prendrai and prendrais

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
prendrai
9 ch
prendrais

Why the eye confuses prendrai with prendrais

A purely visual mix-up. prendrai (\pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and prendrais (\pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\) 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) - “prendrai” sits inside “prendrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prendrai is recorded at frequency rank #15,968, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁe\. prendrais is at rank #13,665, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\.

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 29633, this pair ranks #315,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prendrai vs prendrais

Shared letters: adeinpr. Private to "prendrai": -. Private to "prendrais": s.

"prendrai" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV  ·  "prendrais" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prendraiperndrai · pprendrai · prednrai · prendari · prenddrai · prendria · prendrrai · prenndrai
  • prendraisperndrais · pprendrais · prednrais · prendaris · prenddrais · prendraiss · prendrasi · prendrias

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prendrai" and "prendrais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɑ̃.dʁe\ versus \pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prendrai" or "prendrais"?
"prendrais" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,665 in our French list, against #15,968 for "prendrai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prendrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prendrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prendrai" and "prendrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdrai vs prendrai". 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 #315,453 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