Which to use
“requièrent” and “requiert” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,718
- “requièrent” frequency rank
- #11,121
- “requiert” frequency rank
- 39839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requièrent | requiert |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de requérir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de requérir. |
Same sound, different letters: requièrent vs requiert
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. requièrent runs 10 letters (CVCVVVCVCC) against requiert's 8 (CVCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - requièrent / requiert
This is the hard kind. requièrent and requiert are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kjɛʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requièrent is recorded at frequency rank #28,718, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kjɛʁ\. requiert is at rank #11,121, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kjɛʁ\.
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 39839, this pair ranks #244,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requièrent vs requiert
Shared letters: eiqrtu. Private to "requièrent": nè. Private to "requiert": -.
"requièrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCVCC · "requiert" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- requiert ← erquiert · reqiuert · reqquiert · requeirt · requierrt · requiertt · requietr · requiret
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "requièrent" for "requiert" ever safe?
Frequency check: "requièrent" vs "requiert" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "requièrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requiert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requièrent" and "requiert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refusèrent vs requièrent". 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 #244,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.