Which to use
“voudraient” and “voudrais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,576
- “voudraient” frequency rank
- #2,456
- “voudrais” frequency rank
- 12032
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voudraient | voudrais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de vouloir. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de vouloir. |
Same sound, different letters: voudraient vs voudrais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. voudraient runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVVCC) against voudrais's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - voudraient and voudrais
This is the hard kind. voudraient and voudrais are pronounced identically (\vu.dʁɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voudraient is recorded at frequency rank #9,576, classified as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁɛ\. 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 12032, this pair ranks #406,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voudraient vs voudrais
Shared letters: adioruv. Private to "voudraient": ent. Private to "voudrais": s.
"voudraient" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVVCC · "voudrais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voudraient ← ovudraient · voduraient · voudarient · vouddraient · voudraeint · voudraiennt · voudraientt · voudraietn
- voudrais ← ovudrais · vodurais · voudaris · vouddrais · voudraiss · voudrasi · voudrias · voudrrais
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voudraient" and "voudrais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voudraient" vs "voudrais" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "voudraient" 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 #406,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voudraient" and "voudrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voteraient vs voudraient". 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 #406,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.