annonçavsannonceWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: annonça is a verb, annonce is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“annonça” is a verb and “annonce” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,858
“annonça” frequency rank
#732
“annonce” frequency rank
25590
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annonça annonce
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe annoncer. Avis par lequel on fait savoir quelque chose au public, verbalement ou par écrit.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set annonça and annonce apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
annonça
7 ch
annonce

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: annonça is \a.nɔ̃.sa\ while annonce is \a.nɔ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annonça is recorded at frequency rank #24,858, classified as averb, pronounced \a.nɔ̃.sa\. annonce is at rank #732, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nɔ̃s\.

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 25590, this pair ranks #339,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of annonça vs annonce

Shared letters: ano. Private to "annonça": ç. Private to "annonce": ce.

"annonça" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "annonce" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annonceannnoce · annocne · annoncce · annonec · annonnce · anonce · anonnce · nanonce

Frequency comparison

annonça#24,858
annonce#732

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "annonça" and "annonce" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "annonça" is a verb and "annonce" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "annonça" or "annonce"?
"annonce" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #732 in our French list, against #24,858 for "annonça". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering annonça vs annonce

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “annonça”; for a noun, it's “annonce”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “annonça” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list