Which to use
“avid” is an adjective and “avis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,889
- “avid” frequency rank
- #32,685
- “avis” frequency rank
- 47574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avid | avis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something. | advice; opinion; deliberation. |
Letter map: avid vs avis
Shared letters muted; letters that set avid and avis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for avid / avis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: avid is anadjective and avisanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “avid” becomes s in “avis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avid is recorded at frequency rank #14,889, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈæv.ɪd/. avis is at rank #32,685, tagged as anoun.
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 47574, this pair ranks #201,170 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avid vs avis
Shared letters: aiv. Private to "avid": d. Private to "avis": s.
"avid" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "avid" and "avis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "avid" or "avis"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "avid" 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 #201,170 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avid" and "avis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Advil 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 #201,170 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.