Which to use
“vendaient” and “vendait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,016
- “vendaient” frequency rank
- #16,769
- “vendait” frequency rank
- 46785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vendaient | vendait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vendre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de vendre. |
Same sound, different letters: vendaient vs vendait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vendaient runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVCC) against vendait's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vendaient vs vendait
This is the hard kind. vendaient and vendait are pronounced identically (\vɑ̃.dɛ\) 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 46785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vendaient is recorded at frequency rank #30,016, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃.dɛ\. vendait is at rank #16,769, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃.dɛ\.
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 46785, this pair ranks #192,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vendaient vs vendait
Shared letters: adeintv. Private to "vendaient": -. Private to "vendait": -.
"vendaient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "vendait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vendaient" for "vendait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vendaient" vs "vendait" - 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 "vendaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vendait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vendaient" and "vendait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendait vs vendrait". 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 #192,102 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.