aresvsavisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ares is a verb, avis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ares” is a verb and “avis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
#48,746
“avis” frequency rank
90398
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ares avis
Definition 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare das, was man über etwas denkt; Ansicht, Meinung

Letter map: ares vs avis

Shared letters muted; letters that set ares and avis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ares and avis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
ares
4 ch
avis

Role in the sentence - ares and avis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ares is averb and avisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ares is recorded at frequency rank #41,652, classified as averb, pronounced […]. avis is at rank #48,746, tagged as anoun, pronounced [avi].

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 90398, this pair ranks #47,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ares vs avis

Shared letters: as. Private to "ares": er. Private to "avis": iv.

"ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ares ← aers · aress · arres · arse · raes
  • avis ← aivs · aviss · avsi · avvis · vais

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ares" and "avis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ares" is a verb and "avis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ares" or "avis" show up more?
"ares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,652 in our German list, against #48,746 for "avis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ares" and "avis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ares" and "avis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ages vs avis". 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 #47,436 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list