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

#21,501
“voudras” frequency rank
#18,095
“voudrez” frequency rank
39596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes voudras and voudrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voudras and voudrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
voudras
7 ch
voudrez

Visual trap between voudras and voudrez

A purely visual mix-up. voudras (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voudras is recorded at frequency rank #21,501, 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 39596, this pair ranks #246,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voudras vs voudrez

Shared letters: doruv. Private to "voudras": as. Private to "voudrez": ez.

"voudras" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "voudrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voudras ← ovudras · voduras · voudars · vouddras · voudrass · voudrras · voudrsa · vourdas
  • voudrez ← ovudrez · vodurez · vouddrez · vouderz · voudrezz · voudrrez · voudrze · vourdez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voudras" and "voudrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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, "voudras" or "voudrez"?
"voudrez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,095 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "voudras" and "voudrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voudras" 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 #246,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voudras" and "voudrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voudrai vs voudras". 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 #246,797 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