Which to use
“avis” is a noun and “avoids” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,685
- “avis” frequency rank
- #14,890
- “avoids” frequency rank
- 47575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avis | avoids |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | advice; opinion; deliberation. | third-person singular simple present indicative of avoid |
Letter map: avis vs avoids
Shared letters muted; letters that set avis and avoids apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for avis / avoids
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: avis is anoun and avoidsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avis is recorded at frequency rank #32,685, classified as anoun. avoids is at rank #14,890, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈvɔɪdz/.
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 47575, this pair ranks #201,157 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avis vs avoids
Shared letters: aisv. Private to "avis": -. Private to "avoids": do.
"avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "avoids" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "avis" and "avoids" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "avis" or "avoids" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "avis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avoids" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,157 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avis" and "avoids" 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 #201,157 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.