ajoutéevsavortéeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#7,517
“ajoutée” frequency rank
#40,615
“avortée” frequency rank
48132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ajoutée avortée
Definition Féminin singulier de ajouté. Féminin singulier de avorté.

Where the eye mixes ajoutée and avortée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ajoutée (VCVVCVV) and avortée (VCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
ajoutée
7 ch
avortée

Look-alike desk: ajoutée vs avortée

A purely visual mix-up. ajoutée (\a.ʒu.te\) and avortée (\a.vɔʁ.te\) 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 48132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ajoutée is recorded at frequency rank #7,517, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒu.te\. avortée is at rank #40,615, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\.

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 48132, this pair ranks #181,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ajoutée vs avortée

Shared letters: aeoté. Private to "ajoutée": ju. Private to "avortée": rv.

"ajoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV  ·  "avortée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ajoutée" and "avortée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒu.te\ versus \a.vɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ajoutée" vs "avortée" - which ranks higher?
"ajoutée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,517 in our French list, against #40,615 for "avortée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ajoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avortée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ajoutée" and "avortée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée vs avouée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #181,389 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