Which to use
“prendras” and “prendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,107
- “prendras” frequency rank
- #198
- “prendre” frequency rank
- 36305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prendras | prendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur du verbe prendre. | Saisir, mettre en sa main. |
Where the eye mixes prendras and prendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prendras runs 8 letters (CCVCCCVC) against prendre's 7 (CCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses prendras with prendre
A purely visual mix-up. prendras (\pʁɑ̃.dʁa\) and prendre (\pʁɑ̃dʁ\) 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 36305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prendras is recorded at frequency rank #36,107, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃.dʁa\. prendre is at rank #198, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
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 36305, this pair ranks #270,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prendras vs prendre
Shared letters: denpr. Private to "prendras": as. Private to "prendre": -.
"prendras" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "prendre" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prendras" and "prendre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prendras" vs "prendre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prendras" and "prendre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prendras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prendras" and "prendre" 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 #270,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.