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

#1,305
“vendre” frequency rank
#4,537
“viendra” frequency rank
5842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes vendre and viendra

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

6 ch
vendre
7 ch
viendra

Visual trap between vendre and viendra

A purely visual mix-up. vendre (\vɑ̃dʁ\) and viendra (\vjɛ̃.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 5842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendre is recorded at frequency rank #1,305, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃dʁ\. viendra is at rank #4,537, tagged as averb, pronounced \vjɛ̃.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 5842, this pair ranks #427,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vendre vs viendra

Shared letters: denrv. Private to "vendre": -. Private to "viendra": ai.

"vendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "viendra" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendre ← evndre · vednre · venddre · vender · vendrre · venndre · venrde · vnedre
  • viendra ← ivendra · veindra · viednra · viendar · vienddra · viendrra · vienndra · vienrda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendre" for "viendra" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃dʁ\ versus \vjɛ̃.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vendre" vs "viendra" - which ranks higher?
"vendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,305 in our French list, against #4,537 for "viendra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viendra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #427,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendre" and "viendra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vieira vs viendra". 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 #427,920 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