Essayeraient

Essayeraient is the spelling that appears to be the third-person plural form of the French verb essayer in the conditional mood, but the standard form in modern French is essaieraient. The form essayeraient is generally considered a misspelling or nonstandard variant that results from attaching the usual -aient ending to the infinitive rather than to the future stem essaier-. In formal writing, the correct pronunciation and morphology use essaieraient.

Conjugation and morphology: the verb essaier in the conditional present yields jEssaierais, tu essaierais, il essaierait, nous essaierions, vous essaieriez, ils essaieraient. This reflects the regular pattern for -er verbs in the conditional present, where the future stem essaier- combines with the corresponding endings. Therefore, the widely accepted and correct third-person plural is ils/elles essaieraient.

Usage: the conditional present expresses hypothetical situations, polite requests, or propositions dependent on another condition. For example: Si nous avions le temps, ils essaieraient de terminer le projet. In standard usage, essayeraient would be considered informal or incorrect in writing; essaieraient is the form chosen to maintain regularity with the future stem and common conjugation patterns of -er verbs.

Etymology: from the verb essayer (to try) with the French conditional suffix -aient on the derived future stem essaier-, reflecting regular -er-verb conjugation in the conditional.

See also: essayer, conjugation of French verbs, conditional mood, French orthography.