aves

/\ˈa.βes\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,508

in French word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aves is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de ave. Pronounced \ˈa.βes\. Often confused with axe and avi.

Key facts for aves
PropertyValue
Headwordaves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈa.βes\
Letters4
Frequency rank#49,508
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for aves is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈa.βes\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,508 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de ave.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for aves, with forms such as "aevs", "avess", and "avves". 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 aves, spelled A-V-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ave.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aevs,avess,avves

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aves

Misspelling Variants of "aves"

aevs4avess5avves5
Misspelling Variants of "aves"

Frequency rank: #49,508 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aves"?
"aves" is spelled A-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈa.βes\.
What does "aves" mean?
As a noun, "aves" means: Pluriel de ave.
What words are commonly confused with "aves"?
"aves" 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 "aves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aves" is \ˈa.βes\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aves" come from?
"aves" 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.