Which to use
“advices” is a noun and “advised” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,709
- “advices” frequency rank
- #5,288
- “advised” frequency rank
- 43997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | advices | advised |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of advice | Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation. |
Letter map: advices vs advised
Shared letters muted; letters that set advices and advised apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for advices / advised
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: advices is anoun and advisedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
advices is recorded at frequency rank #38,709, classified as anoun. advised is at rank #5,288, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ədˈvaɪzd/.
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 43997, this pair ranks #234,678 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of advices vs advised
Shared letters: adeisv. Private to "advices": c. Private to "advised": -.
"advices" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "advised" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "advices" and "advised" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "advices" or "advised"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "advices" and "advised".
- Full dictionary entry for "advices" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "advised" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,678 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "advices" and "advised" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "advices vs adviser". 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 #234,678 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.