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 eye mixes annonça and annonce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. annonça and annonce follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between annonça and annonce
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
- annonce ← annnoce · annocne · annoncce · annonec · annonnce · anonce · anonnce · nanonce
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "annonça" and "annonce" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "annonça" or "annonce" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "annonça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annonce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annonça" and "annonce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annonça vs annoncez". 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 #339,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.