aveu
\a.vø\
The verdict
“aveu” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,716 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,716
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Déclaration verbale ou écrite par laquelle on reconnaît avoir fait ou dit quelque chose.
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 | aveu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vø\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aveu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aveu is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vø\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,716 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Déclaration verbale ou écrite par laquelle on reconnaît avoir fait ou dit quelque chose.
- 2La reconnaissance que fait une partie du droit prétendu par son adversaire.
- 3Témoignage qu’on rend de ce qu’un autre a dit ou fait.
- 4Approbation, consentement, agrément qu’une personne supérieure donne à ce qu’un inférieur a fait ou a dessein de faire.
- 5Acte qu’un vassal était obligé de donner à son seigneur et par lequel il avouait, reconnaissait tenir de lui tel ou tel héritage.
- 6L’acte par lequel un seigneur avouait, reconnaissait quelqu’un pour vassal ou un vassal quelqu’un pour seigneur.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “aveu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “axe” - see the side-by-side comparison. aveu vs axe
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.