avec

/\a.vɛk\/ prep

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

avec is aFrenchprep. It means: Conjointement à ; en compagnie de. Note d’usage : La préposition est généralement suivie d'un pronom, à l'exception notable des régions linguistiques sous l'influence des langues germaniques comme ... Pronounced \a.vɛk\. It ranks #32 in French word frequency. Often confused with axe and avi.

Key facts for avec
PropertyValue
Headwordavec
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPrep
IPA\a.vɛk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avec in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avec is 4 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vɛk\. Corpus data places it at rank #32 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for avec, with forms such as "aevc", "avce", and "avecc". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "axe", "avi", "aye", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is avec, spelled A-V-E-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjointement à ; en compagnie de. Note d’usage : La préposition est généralement suivie d'un pronom, à l'exception notable des régions linguistiques sous l'influence des langues germaniques comme l'Alsace, la Belgique et la Suisse, où la préposition est placée parfois en position finale sans être suivie d'un pronom. Ainsi, alors que le reste de la France dit « tu viens avec moi/nous ? », on entend parfois le long de la frontière germanophone « tu viens avec ? », comme traduction mot à mot de l'allemand « Du kommst mit? » (« tu m'accompagnes » ) et du néerlandais « kom jij mee? ».
  2. 2
    Introduit des compléments circonstanciels indiquant la manière, l’instrument, etc.
  3. 3
    Ce qu’une personne offre en elle de singulier, d’extraordinaire, de ridicule, etc.
  4. 4
    Contre, dans une relation où il y a deux côtés.
  5. 5
    Malgré, sauf.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aevc,avce,avecc,avvec,vaec

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avec

Misspelling Variants of "avec"

aevc4avce4avecc5avvec5vaec4
Misspelling Variants of "avec"

Frequency rank: #32 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avec"?
"avec" is spelled A-V-E-C. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɛk\.
What does "avec" mean?
As a prep, "avec" means: Conjointement à ; en compagnie de. Note d’usage : La préposition est généralement suivie d'un pronom, à l'exception notable des régions linguistiques sous l'influence des langues germaniques comme ...
What words are commonly confused with "avec"?
"avec" is commonly confused with "axe", "avi", "aye". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avec"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avec" is \a.vɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avec" come from?
"avec" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.