Which to use
“abrogé” and “atroce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,255
- “abrogé” frequency rank
- #13,109
- “atroce” frequency rank
- 45364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrogé | atroce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Supprimé, annulé, en parlant des lois, décrets, arrêtés, etc. | Noir, sombre. |
Where the eye mixes abrogé and atroce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. abrogé and atroce follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between abrogé and atroce
A purely visual mix-up. abrogé (\a.bʁɔ.ʒe\) and atroce (\a.tʁɔs\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrogé is recorded at frequency rank #32,255, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\. atroce is at rank #13,109, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.tʁɔs\.
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 45364, this pair ranks #203,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abrogé vs atroce
Shared letters: aor. Private to "abrogé": bgé. Private to "atroce": cet.
"abrogé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "atroce" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- atroce ← artoce · atorce · atrcoe · atrocce · atroec · atrroce · attroce · taroce
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abrogé" and "atroce" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "abrogé" or "atroce"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "abrogé" and "atroce" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrogé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atroce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrogé" and "atroce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrogé vs abrogée". 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 #203,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.