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“abriter” and “abroger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,285
“abriter” frequency rank
#30,446
“abroger” frequency rank
46731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abriter abroger
Definition Mettre à l’abri. Rendre nul, principalement en parlant de lois, de coutumes.

Where the eye mixes abriter and abroger

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abriter and abroger follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
abriter
7 ch
abroger

Visual trap between abriter and abroger

A purely visual mix-up. abriter (\a.bʁi.te\) and abroger (\a.bʁɔ.ʒe\) 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 46731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abriter is recorded at frequency rank #16,285, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bʁi.te\. abroger is at rank #30,446, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\.

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 46731, this pair ranks #192,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abriter vs abroger

Shared letters: aber. Private to "abriter": it. Private to "abroger": go.

"abriter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "abroger" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abriter ← abbriter · abirter · abrietr · abriterr · abritter · abrriter · abrtier · bariter
  • abroger ← abbroger · aborger · abrgoer · abroegr · abrogerr · abrogger · abrogre · abrroger

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abriter" and "abroger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.bʁi.te\ versus \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "abriter" or "abroger"?
"abriter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,285 in our French list, against #30,446 for "abroger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "abriter" and "abroger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abriter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "abroger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abriter" and "abroger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrogée vs abroger". 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 #192,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list