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

#23,729
“viendrai” frequency rank
#28,016
“viendras” frequency rank
51745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viendrai viendras
Definition Première personne du singulier du futur de venir. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de venir.

Where the eye mixes viendrai and viendras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. viendrai (CVVCCCVV) and viendras (CVVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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viendrai
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viendras

Visual trap between viendrai and viendras

A purely visual mix-up. viendrai (\vjɛ̃.dʁe\) and viendras (\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 a single letter - i in “viendrai” becomes s in “viendras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viendrai is recorded at frequency rank #23,729, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɛ̃.dʁe\. viendras is at rank #28,016, 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 51745, this pair ranks #152,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of viendrai vs viendras

Shared letters: adeinrv. Private to "viendrai": -. Private to "viendras": s.

"viendrai" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVV  ·  "viendras" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viendrai ← ivendrai · veindrai · viednrai · viendari · vienddrai · viendria · viendrrai · vienndrai
  • viendras ← ivendras · veindras · viednras · viendars · vienddras · viendrass · viendrras · viendrsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "viendrai" for "viendras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vjɛ̃.dʁe\ versus \vjɛ̃.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "viendrai" or "viendras"?
"viendrai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,729 in our French list, against #28,016 for "viendras". 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 "viendrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viendras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viendrai" and "viendras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viendras vs viendrez". 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 #152,782 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