Which to use
“année” and “aune” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #173
- “année” frequency rank
- #24,115
- “aune” frequency rank
- 24288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | année | aune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Subdivision du temps, correspondant à la durée d’une révolution de la Terre autour du Soleil, qui comporte 365 jours (ou 366 jours dans l’année bissextile), 52 semaines environ, 12 mois solaires. | Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre instaurée par l’édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter d’harmoniser les mesures de longueur, mais qui prit selon les lieux diverses valeurs. |
Where the eye mixes année and aune
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. année runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against aune's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: année vs aune
A purely visual mix-up. année (\a.ne\) and aune (\on\) 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 24288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
année is recorded at frequency rank #173, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ne\. aune is at rank #24,115, tagged as anoun, pronounced \on\.
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 24288, this pair ranks #347,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of année vs aune
Shared letters: aen. Private to "année": é. Private to "aune": u.
"année" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "aune" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aune ← anue · auen · aunne · uane
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "année" and "aune" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "année" or "aune" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "année" and "aune" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "année" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "année" and "aune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aune 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 #347,458 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.