aveu

\a.vø\

/\a.vø\/ noun

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The verdict

“aveu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,716) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#11,716
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déclaration verbale ou écrite par laquelle on reconnaît avoir fait ou dit quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aveu · aveu · French

aveu · rank #11,716 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,716
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH avatar

Nearest frequency peer: avatar (-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 “aveu”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “aveu” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

aveu vs axe
50% similar
aveu vs avi
50% similar
aveu vs aye
50% similar

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

Key facts for aveu
PropertyValue
Headwordaveu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vø\
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,716
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “aveu” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aveuse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avatar » (#11,715), « Bagdad » (#11,717), « autoritaire » (#11,714). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aveu is neighbouring look-alikes ("axe", "avi", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.vø\. Frequency #11,716 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for aveu, with forms such as "aevu", "avue", and "avveu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "axe", "avi", "aye", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aveu, spelled A-V-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déclaration verbale ou écrite par laquelle on reconnaît avoir fait ou dit quelque chose.
  2. 2
    La reconnaissance que fait une partie du droit prétendu par son adversaire.
  3. 3
    Témoignage qu’on rend de ce qu’un autre a dit ou fait.
  4. 4
    Approbation, consentement, agrément qu’une personne supérieure donne à ce qu’un inférieur a fait ou a dessein de faire.
  5. 5
    Acte qu’un vassal était obligé de donner à son seigneur et par lequel il avouait, reconnaissait tenir de lui tel ou tel héritage.
  6. 6
    L’acte par lequel un seigneur avouait, reconnaissait quelqu’un pour vassal ou un vassal quelqu’un pour seigneur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aveu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La culpabilité des sept instruments du crime, de Cibot, Lisieux, Grenier, Bruce, Horeau, Cabot, Minard, est évidente ; elle ressort des aveux de ceux d’entre eux qui sont sous la main de la justice, car Lisieux est mort pendant l’instruction, et Bruce est contumace.
  2. — A-t-il avoué que cette femme était sa maîtresse ? — L’aveu eût été superflu. Il n'a pas nié, d'ailleurs, et au lieu d'essayer de se justifier, il s'est mis en colère.

This word in other languages

confession(English)confesión(Español)Geständnis(Deutsch)confissão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aevu
  • avue
  • avveu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aveu - 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.

aevu2avue2avveu1
Edit distance from "aveu"

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 "aveu"?
"aveu" is spelled A-V-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vø\.
What does "aveu" mean?
As a noun, "aveu" means: Déclaration verbale ou écrite par laquelle on reconnaît avoir fait ou dit quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "aveu"?
"aveu" 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 "aveu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aveu" is \a.vø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aveu" come from?
"aveu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cola#11,734veau#11,686Roms#11,656jets#11,796

What to do next

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  • "aveu" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "axe". View pair
  • 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #11,716 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list