average

\ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\

/\ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\/ adj

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The verdict

“average” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,883
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De qualité moyenne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-average · average · French

average · rank #34,883 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,883
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH avançons

Nearest frequency peer: avançons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « average »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « average » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

average vs avéré
43% similar
average vs avérée
57% similar
average vs averse
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for average
PropertyValue
Headwordaverage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,883
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « average »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.averagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avançons » (#34,882), « avoisine » (#34,884), « autrichiennes » (#34,881). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « average » est au #34,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around average (IPA \ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,883 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "De qualité moyenne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for average, with forms such as "aevrage", "avearge", and "averaeg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "avéré", "avérée", "averse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is average, spelled A-V-E-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    De qualité moyenne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aevrage
  • avearge
  • averaeg
  • averagge
  • avergae
  • averrage
  • avreage
  • avverage
  • vaerage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of average - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aevrage2avearge2averaeg2averagge1avergae2averrage1avreage2avverage1
Edit distance from "average"

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

How do you spell "average"?
"average" is spelled A-V-E-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\.
What does "average" mean?
As an adjective, "average" means: De qualité moyenne.
What words are commonly confused with "average"?
"average" is commonly confused with "avéré", "avérée", "averse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "average"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "average" is \ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "average" come from?
"average" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "average", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appuies#34,868aperçut#34,866caduque#34,914caniche#34,918

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Barker9 variantsbisons9 variantsboyard9 variantscargos9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list