Which to use
“aborder” and “avorter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,516
- “aborder” frequency rank
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- 24173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aborder | avorter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arriver au bord, prendre terre. | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). |
Where the eye mixes aborder and avorter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses aborder with avorter
A purely visual mix-up. aborder (\a.bɔʁ.de\) and avorter (\a.vɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aborder is recorded at frequency rank #5,516, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\. avorter is at rank #18,657, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24173, this pair ranks #348,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aborder vs avorter
Shared letters: aeor. Private to "aborder": bd. Private to "avorter": tv.
"aborder" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aborder" for "avorter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "aborder" vs "avorter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "aborder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avorter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aborder" and "avorter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée vs avorter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #348,148 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.