akivsavisWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#46,568
“aki” frequency rank
#503
“avis” frequency rank
47071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aki avis
Definition Nom vernaculaire de Blighia sapida, arbre moyen de la famille des Sapindaceae (Sapindacées), originaire d’Afrique occidentale et cultivé dans les régions tropicales pour son fruit. C’est une espèce proche du litchi. Ce que l’on pense et aussi ce que l’on en dit ; opinion.

Where the eye mixes aki and avis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
aki
4 ch
avis

Why the eye confuses aki with avis

A purely visual mix-up. aki (\a.ki\) and avis (\a.vi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aki is recorded at frequency rank #46,568, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ki\. avis is at rank #503, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.vi\.

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 47071, this pair ranks #189,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aki vs avis

Shared letters: ai. Private to "aki": k. Private to "avis": sv.

"aki" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avisaivs · aviss · avsi · avvis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aki" and "avis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ki\ versus \a.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aki" or "avis"?
"avis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #503 in our French list, against #46,568 for "aki". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "aki" and "avis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aki" and "avis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aki vs aur". 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 #189,876 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