Which to use
“acre” and “aur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,433
- “acre” frequency rank
- #49,504
- “aur” frequency rank
- 77937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acre | aur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers pays avec des valeurs différentes. | Or. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 79 et de symbole Au qui fait partie des métaux de transition. |
Where the eye mixes acre and aur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. acre runs 4 letters (VCCV) against aur's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acre and aur
A purely visual mix-up. acre (\akʁ\) and aur (\ˈawɾ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acre is recorded at frequency rank #28,433, classified as anoun, pronounced \akʁ\. aur is at rank #49,504, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈawɾ\.
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 77937, this pair ranks #27,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acre vs aur
Shared letters: ar. Private to "acre": ce. Private to "aur": u.
"acre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "aur" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acre ← accre · acrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acre" and "aur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "acre" or "aur" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acre" and "aur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ahn vs aur". 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 #27,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.