Which to use
“prendrait” and “prendront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,219
- “prendrait” frequency rank
- #12,027
- “prendront” frequency rank
- 21246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prendrait | prendront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel du verbe prendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe prendre. |
Where the eye mixes prendrait and prendront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses prendrait with prendront
A purely visual mix-up. prendrait (\pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\) and prendront (\pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prendrait is recorded at frequency rank #9,219, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\. prendront is at rank #12,027, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\.
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 21246, this pair ranks #364,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prendrait vs prendront
Shared letters: denprt. Private to "prendrait": ai. Private to "prendront": o.
"prendrait" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC · "prendront" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prendrait" and "prendront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prendrait" or "prendront" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prendrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prendront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prendrait" and "prendront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pendait vs prendrait". 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 #364,161 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.