avouer

\a.vwe\

/\a.vwe\/ verb

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The verdict

“avouer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,125
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confesser et reconnaître qu’une chose est ou n’est pas, témoigner de la vérité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avouer · avouer · French

avouer · rank #4,125 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,125
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH basée

Nearest frequency peer: basée (+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 « avouer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « avouer » 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).

avouer vs avouez
83% similar
avouer vs avoues
83% similar
avouer vs avouera
86% similar

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

Key facts for avouer
PropertyValue
Headwordavouer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vwe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,125
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « avouer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « basée » (#4,126), « ateliers » (#4,123), « bateaux » (#4,127). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avouer » est au #4,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around avouer (IPA \a.vwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,125 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for avouer, with forms such as "aovuer", "avoeur", and "avouerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "avouez", "avoues", "avouera", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avouer, spelled A-V-O-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confesser et reconnaître qu’une chose est ou n’est pas, témoigner de la vérité.
  2. 2
    Approuver ; ratifier ; admettre.
  3. 3
    Approuver ce qu’une personne a jugé à propos de faire d’après l’autorisation qu’on lui en a donnée.
  4. 4
    Se reconnaître l’auteur, le géniteur.
  5. 5
    Être voué à.
  6. 6
    Se confesser ; en demeurer d’accord.
  7. 7
    Reconnaître comme vrai.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — A-t-il avoué que cette femme était sa maîtresse ? — L’aveu eût été superflu. Il n'a pas nié, d'ailleurs, […].
  2. Puisqu'il faut tout avouer, je descendrai en moi jusqu'au tréfonds, j'en remuerai la lie et j'en étalerai la pestilence.

This word in other languages

confess(English)confesar(Español)gestehen(Deutsch)admitir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aovuer
  • avoeur
  • avouerr
  • avoure
  • avuoer
  • avvouer
  • vaouer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aovuer2avoeur2avouerr1avoure2avuoer2avvouer1vaouer2
Edit distance from "avouer"

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 "avouer"?
"avouer" is spelled A-V-O-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vwe\.
What does "avouer" mean?
As a verb, "avouer" means: Confesser et reconnaître qu’une chose est ou n’est pas, témoigner de la vérité.
What words are commonly confused with "avouer"?
"avouer" is commonly confused with "avouez", "avoues", "avouera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avouer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avouer" is \a.vwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avouer" come from?
"avouer" 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 "avouer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bijoux#4,128chaise#4,133étudié#4,115débuts#4,144

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

basée7 variantsadmis7 variantsdames7 variantsexact7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list