Which to use
“travaillait” and “travaillerait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,010
- “travaillait” frequency rank
- #47,080
- “travaillerait” frequency rank
- 54090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillait | travaillerait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de travailler. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de travailler. |
Where the eye mixes travaillait and travaillerait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. travaillait runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travaillerait's 13 (CCVCVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses travaillait with travaillerait
A purely visual mix-up. travaillait (\tʁa.va.jɛ\) and travaillerait (\tʁa.va.jə.ʁɛ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travaillait is recorded at frequency rank #7,010, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.va.jɛ\. travaillerait is at rank #47,080, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.va.jə.ʁɛ\.
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 54090, this pair ranks #136,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillait vs travaillerait
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travaillait": -. Private to "travaillerait": e.
"travaillait" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travaillerait" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travaillait ← rtavaillait · tarvaillait · traavillait · travailait · travailalit · travaillaitt · travaillati · travailliat
- travaillerait ← rtavaillerait · tarvaillerait · traavillerait · travailelrait · travailerait · travaillearit · travailleraitt · travaillerati
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travaillait" and "travaillerait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "travaillait" vs "travaillerait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "travaillait" and "travaillerait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillerait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillait" and "travaillerait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillerait vs travailleront". 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 #136,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.