voudravsvoudrezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,132
“voudra” frequency rank
#18,095
“voudrez” frequency rank
25227
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voudra voudrez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de vouloir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de vouloir.

Where the eye mixes voudra and voudrez

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

6 ch
voudra
7 ch
voudrez

Look-alike desk: voudra vs voudrez

A purely visual mix-up. voudra (\vu.dʁa\) and voudrez (\vu.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25227, 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\. voudrez is at rank #18,095, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.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 25227, this pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voudra vs voudrez

Shared letters: doruv. Private to "voudra": a. Private to "voudrez": ez.

"voudra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "voudrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voudra ← ovudra · vodura · voudar · vouddra · voudrra · vourda · vuodra · vvoudra
  • voudrez ← ovudrez · vodurez · vouddrez · vouderz · voudrezz · voudrrez · voudrze · vourdez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "voudra" for "voudrez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vu.dʁa\ versus \vu.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "voudra" or "voudrez"?
"voudra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,132 in our French list, against #18,095 for "voudrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "voudrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voudra" and "voudrez" 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 #342,057 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