Which to use
“adorez” and “avouez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,584
- “adorez” frequency rank
- #23,109
- “avouez” frequency rank
- 63693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adorez | avouez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adorer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avouer. |
Where the eye mixes adorez and avouez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. adorez (VCVCVC) and avouez (VCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses adorez with avouez
A purely visual mix-up. adorez (\a.dɔ.ʁe\) and avouez (\a.vwe\) 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 63693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adorez is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔ.ʁe\. avouez is at rank #23,109, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vwe\.
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 63693, this pair ranks #80,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adorez vs avouez
Shared letters: aeoz. Private to "adorez": dr. Private to "avouez": uv.
"adorez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "avouez" · 6 letters · shape VCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adorez" for "avouez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adorez" vs "avouez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adorez" and "avouez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adorez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avouez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adorez" and "avouez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptez vs adorez". 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 #80,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.