avais
\a.vɛ\
The verdict
“avais” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #232
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de avoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avais · avais · French
avais · rank #232 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #232
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH tant
Nearest frequency peer: tant (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “avais”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quelque
quelque
99,771 corpus weight
- tant
tant
99,770 corpus weight
- avais
avais
99,769 corpus weight
- groupe
groupe
99,768 corpus weight
- maintenant
maintenant
99,767 corpus weight
- maison
maison
99,766 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “avais” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “avais” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around avais (IPA \a.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #232 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for avais, with forms such as "aavis", "avaiss", and "avasi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "avi", "AVS", "avis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avais, spelled A-V-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de avoir.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de avoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les semaines qui suivirent la nomination, les gens très gentils qui, jusque-là, avaient pris l’habitude de me dire : « Tu verras, tu seras nominée », me dirent désormais : « Je te l’avais bien dit que tu serais nominée ».
Putain, t’avais pas besoin de bouriner comme un taré !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aavis
- avaiss
- avasi
- avias
- avvais
- vaais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "avais", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "avais". Here's where to go from here.
- "avais" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "avi". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #232 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.