Which to use
“aéré” and “alegre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,820
- “aéré” frequency rank
- #36,235
- “alegre” frequency rank
- 72055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aéré | alegre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui reçoit un courant d'air. | Gai, joyeux. |
Where the eye mixes aéré and alegre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. aéré runs 4 letters (VVCV) against alegre's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses aéré with alegre
A purely visual mix-up. aéré (\a.e.ʁe\) and alegre ([aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aéré is recorded at frequency rank #35,820, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.e.ʁe\. alegre is at rank #36,235, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe].
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 72055, this pair ranks #45,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aéré vs alegre
Shared letters: ar. Private to "aéré": é. Private to "alegre": egl.
"aéré" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "alegre" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alegre ← aelgre · aleger · aleggre · alegrre · alerge · algere · allegre · laegre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aéré" and "alegre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aéré" or "alegre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "aéré" and "alegre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alegre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aéré" and "alegre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aéré vs avéra". 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 #45,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.