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Which to use

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

#29,187
“vendra” frequency rank
#1,305
“vendre” frequency rank
30492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendra vendre
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de vendre. Aliéner une chose, transporter, céder à quelqu’un la propriété d’une chose pour un certain prix, contre une somme d'argent.

Where the eye mixes vendra and vendre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vendra and vendre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
vendra
6 ch
vendre

Why the eye confuses vendra with vendre

A purely visual mix-up. vendra (\vɑ̃.dʁa\) and vendre (\vɑ̃dʁ\) 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 a single letter - a in “vendra” becomes e in “vendre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendra is recorded at frequency rank #29,187, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃.dʁa\. vendre is at rank #1,305, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃dʁ\.

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 30492, this pair ranks #309,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendra vs vendre

Shared letters: denrv. Private to "vendra": a. Private to "vendre": -.

"vendra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "vendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendra ← evndra · vednra · vendar · venddra · vendrra · venndra · venrda · vnedra
  • vendre ← evndre · vednre · venddre · vender · vendrre · venndre · venrde · vnedre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vendra" and "vendre" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃.dʁa\ versus \vɑ̃dʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vendra" vs "vendre" - which ranks higher?
"vendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,305 in our French list, against #29,187 for "vendra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #309,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendra" and "vendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendra 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 #309,959 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