rendravsrendraitWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#6,744
“rendra” frequency rank
#11,843
“rendrait” frequency rank
18587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendra rendrait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de rendre. Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de rendre.

Where the eye mixes rendra and rendrait

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

6 ch
rendra
8 ch
rendrait

Why the eye confuses rendra with rendrait

A purely visual mix-up. rendra (\ʁɑ̃.dʁa\) and rendrait (\ʁɑ̃.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 2 extra letter(s) - “rendra” sits inside “rendrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendra is recorded at frequency rank #6,744, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁa\. rendrait is at rank #11,843, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.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 18587, this pair ranks #377,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rendra vs rendrait

Shared letters: adenr. Private to "rendra": -. Private to "rendrait": it.

"rendra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "rendrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendraerndra · rednra · rendar · renddra · rendrra · renndra · renrda · rnedra
  • rendraiterndrait · rednrait · rendarit · renddrait · rendraitt · rendrati · rendriat · rendrrait

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rendra" for "rendrait" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.dʁa\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rendra" or "rendrait"?
"rendra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,744 in our French list, against #11,843 for "rendrait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #377,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendra" and "rendrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendrais vs rendrait". 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 #377,548 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