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

#3,723
“voudrait” frequency rank
#21,501
“voudras” frequency rank
25224
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voudrait voudras
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de vouloir. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de vouloir.

Where the eye mixes voudrait and voudras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
voudrait
7 ch
voudras

Visual trap between voudrait and voudras

A purely visual mix-up. voudrait (\vu.dʁɛ\) and voudras (\vu.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 25224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voudrait is recorded at frequency rank #3,723, classified as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁɛ\. voudras is at rank #21,501, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.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 25224, this pair ranks #342,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voudrait vs voudras

Shared letters: adoruv. Private to "voudrait": it. Private to "voudras": s.

"voudrait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC  ·  "voudras" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voudraitovudrait · vodurait · voudarit · vouddrait · voudraitt · voudrati · voudriat · voudrrait
  • voudrasovudras · voduras · voudars · vouddras · voudrass · voudrras · voudrsa · vourdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voudrait" and "voudras" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vu.dʁɛ\ versus \vu.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "voudrait" or "voudras"?
"voudrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,723 in our French list, against #21,501 for "voudras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "voudrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voudras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #342,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voudrait" and "voudras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendrait vs voudrait". 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 #342,075 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