vendravsviendraiConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,187
“vendra” frequency rank
#23,729
“viendrai” frequency rank
52916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendra viendrai
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de vendre. Première personne du singulier du futur de venir.

Where the eye mixes vendra and viendrai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vendra
8 ch
viendrai

Visual trap between vendra and viendrai

A purely visual mix-up. vendra (\vɑ̃.dʁa\) and viendrai (\vjɛ̃.dʁe\) 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 52916, 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\. viendrai is at rank #23,729, tagged as averb, pronounced \vjɛ̃.dʁe\.

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 52916, this pair ranks #144,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendra vs viendrai

Shared letters: adenrv. Private to "vendra": -. Private to "viendrai": i.

"vendra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "viendrai" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendraevndra · vednra · vendar · venddra · vendrra · venndra · venrda · vnedra
  • viendraiivendrai · veindrai · viednrai · viendari · vienddrai · viendria · viendrrai · vienndrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendra" for "viendrai" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃.dʁa\ versus \vjɛ̃.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendra" or "viendrai"?
"viendrai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,729 in our French list, against #29,187 for "vendra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viendrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendra" and "viendrai" 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 #144,369 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