acsvsavisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#45,982
“acs” frequency rank
#503
“avis” frequency rank
46485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acs avis
Definition Pluriel d’ac. Ce que l’on pense et aussi ce que l’on en dit ; opinion.

Where the eye mixes acs and avis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
acs
4 ch
avis

Look-alike desk: acs vs avis

A purely visual mix-up. acs (\ˈat͡s\) and avis (\a.vi\) 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 46485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acs is recorded at frequency rank #45,982, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈat͡s\. avis is at rank #503, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.vi\.

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 46485, this pair ranks #194,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acs vs avis

Shared letters: as. Private to "acs": c. Private to "avis": iv.

"acs" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avisaivs · aviss · avsi · avvis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acs" and "avis" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈat͡s\ versus \a.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acs" vs "avis" - which ranks higher?
"avis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #503 in our French list, against #45,982 for "acs". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "acs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acs" and "avis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs aves". 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 #194,554 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