Which to use
“ajouts” and “aout” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,609
- “ajouts” frequency rank
- #10,822
- “aout” frequency rank
- 37431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajouts | aout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de ajout. | Huitième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, constitué de 31 jours. |
Where the eye mixes ajouts and aout
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ajouts runs 6 letters (VCVVCC) against aout's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ajouts vs aout
A purely visual mix-up. ajouts (\a.ʒu\) and aout (\u(t)\) 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 37431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajouts is recorded at frequency rank #26,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒu\. aout is at rank #10,822, tagged as anoun, pronounced \u(t)\.
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 37431, this pair ranks #262,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ajouts vs aout
Shared letters: aotu. Private to "ajouts": js. Private to "aout": -.
"ajouts" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC · "aout" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ajouts" and "aout" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajouts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajouts" and "aout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajouts vs avoues". 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 #262,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.