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

#19,688
“souviendra” frequency rank
#44,747
“souviendrais” frequency rank
64435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature souviendra souviendrais
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de souvenir. Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de souvenir.

Where the eye mixes souviendra and souviendrais

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. souviendra runs 10 letters (CVVCVVCCCV) against souviendrais's 12 (CVVCVVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
souviendra
12 ch
souviendrais

Why the eye confuses souviendra with souviendrais

A purely visual mix-up. souviendra (\su.vjɛ̃.dʁa\) and souviendrais (\su.vjɛ̃.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) - “souviendra” sits inside “souviendrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

souviendra is recorded at frequency rank #19,688, classified as averb, pronounced \su.vjɛ̃.dʁa\. souviendrais is at rank #44,747, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.vjɛ̃.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 64435, this pair ranks #77,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of souviendra vs souviendrais

Shared letters: adeinorsuv. Private to "souviendra": -. Private to "souviendrais": -.

"souviendra" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCCCV  ·  "souviendrais" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • souviendra ← osuviendra · souivendra · souveindra · souviednra · souviendar · souvienddra · souviendrra · souvienndra
  • souviendrais ← osuviendrais · souivendrais · souveindrais · souviednrais · souviendaris · souvienddrais · souviendraiss · souviendrasi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "souviendra" for "souviendrais" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\su.vjɛ̃.dʁa\ versus \su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "souviendra" or "souviendrais" show up more?
"souviendra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,688 in our French list, against #44,747 for "souviendrais". 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 "souviendra" and "souviendrais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "souviendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "souviendrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "souviendra" and "souviendrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souviendrai vs souviendrais". 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 #77,107 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