Which to use
“voudra” and “voudrais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,132
- “voudra” frequency rank
- #2,456
- “voudrais” frequency rank
- 9588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voudra | voudrais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de vouloir. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes voudra and voudrais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voudra runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against voudrais's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voudra with voudrais
A purely visual mix-up. voudra (\vu.dʁa\) and voudrais (\vu.dʁɛ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “voudra” sits inside “voudrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voudra is recorded at frequency rank #7,132, classified as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁa\. voudrais is at rank #2,456, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁɛ\.
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 9588, this pair ranks #416,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voudra vs voudrais
Shared letters: adoruv. Private to "voudra": -. Private to "voudrais": is.
"voudra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "voudrais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voudra" for "voudrais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voudra" vs "voudrais" - which ranks higher?
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 "voudra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voudrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voudra" and "voudrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voudra vs vouer". 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 #416,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.