rendraivsrendraisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,561
“rendrai” frequency rank
#45,279
“rendrais” frequency rank
77840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendrai rendrais
Definition Première personne du singulier du futur de rendre. Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de rendre.

Where the eye mixes rendrai and rendrais

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rendrai runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against rendrais's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rendrai
8 ch
rendrais

Look-alike desk: rendrai vs rendrais

A purely visual mix-up. rendrai (\ʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and rendrais (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “rendrai” sits inside “rendrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendrai is recorded at frequency rank #32,561, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁe\. rendrais is at rank #45,279, 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 77840, this pair ranks #27,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rendrai vs rendrais

Shared letters: adeinr. Private to "rendrai": -. Private to "rendrais": s.

"rendrai" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "rendrais" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendrai ← erndrai · rednrai · rendari · renddrai · rendria · rendrrai · renndrai · renrdai
  • rendrais ← erndrais · rednrais · rendaris · renddrais · rendraiss · rendrasi · rendrias · rendrrais

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rendrai" for "rendrais" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.dʁe\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rendrai" vs "rendrais" - which ranks higher?
"rendrai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,561 in our French list, against #45,279 for "rendrais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendrai" and "rendrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendrais vs rendrons". 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 #27,293 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