Which to use
“ajouter” and “avorter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,648
- “ajouter” frequency rank
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- 20305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajouter | avorter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre en plus. | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). |
Where the eye mixes ajouter and avorter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ajouter with avorter
A purely visual mix-up. ajouter (\a.ʒu.te\) and avorter (\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 20305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajouter is recorded at frequency rank #1,648, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒu.te\. avorter is at rank #18,657, tagged as averb, 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 20305, this pair ranks #368,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ajouter vs avorter
Shared letters: aeort. Private to "ajouter": ju. Private to "avorter": v.
"ajouter" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC · "avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ajouter" and "avorter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ajouter" or "avorter"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajouter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avorter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajouter" and "avorter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée vs avorter". 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 #368,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.