Which to use
“aléas” and “auras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,060
- “aléas” frequency rank
- #2,757
- “auras” frequency rank
- 19817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aléas | auras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de aléa. | Pluriel de aura. |
Where the eye mixes aléas and auras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. aléas (VCVVC) and auras (VVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: aléas vs auras
A purely visual mix-up. aléas (\a.le.a\) and auras (\o.ʁa\) 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 19817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aléas is recorded at frequency rank #17,060, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.le.a\. auras is at rank #2,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.ʁa\.
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 19817, this pair ranks #371,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aléas vs auras
Shared letters: as. Private to "aléas": lé. Private to "auras": ru.
"aléas" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "auras" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- auras ← aruas · auars · aurass · aurras · aursa · uaras
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aléas" and "auras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aléas" or "auras" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "aléas" and "auras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aléas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aléas" and "auras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aléas vs aves". 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 #371,389 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.