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

#17,588
“vaudra” frequency rank
#21,501
“voudras” frequency rank
39089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vaudra voudras
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de valoir. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de vouloir.

Where the eye mixes vaudra and voudras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vaudra runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against voudras's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vaudra
7 ch
voudras

Look-alike desk: vaudra vs voudras

A purely visual mix-up. vaudra (\vo.dʁa\) and voudras (\vu.dʁa\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vaudra is recorded at frequency rank #17,588, classified as averb, pronounced \vo.dʁa\. voudras is at rank #21,501, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁa\.

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 39089, this pair ranks #250,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vaudra vs voudras

Shared letters: adruv. Private to "vaudra": -. Private to "voudras": os.

"vaudra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "voudras" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vaudra ← avudra · vadura · vaudar · vauddra · vaudrra · vaurda · vuadra · vvaudra
  • voudras ← ovudras · voduras · voudars · vouddras · voudrass · voudrras · voudrsa · vourdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vaudra" and "voudras" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vo.dʁa\ versus \vu.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vaudra" or "voudras"?
"vaudra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,588 in our French list, against #21,501 for "voudras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vaudra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voudras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vaudra" and "voudras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaudra vs vendra". 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 #250,589 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