Which to use
“annuaire” and “annuité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,445
- “annuaire” frequency rank
- #44,856
- “annuité” frequency rank
- 55301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | annuaire | annuité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit destiné à donner chaque année les renseignements nécessaires sur un organisme administratif, industriel, commercial, etc. | Somme d’argent qu’on paie par années, au lieu de la payer en une fois. |
Where the eye mixes annuaire and annuité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses annuaire with annuité
A purely visual mix-up. annuaire (\a.nɥɛʁ\) and annuité (\a.nɥi.te\) 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 55301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
annuaire is recorded at frequency rank #10,445, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.nɥɛʁ\. annuité is at rank #44,856, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nɥi.te\.
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 55301, this pair ranks #128,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of annuaire vs annuité
Shared letters: ainu. Private to "annuaire": er. Private to "annuité": té.
"annuaire" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCV · "annuité" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- annuaire ← annauire · annuaier · annuairre · annuarie · annuiare · anuaire · anunaire · nanuaire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "annuaire" for "annuité" ever safe?
Which is more common, "annuaire" or "annuité"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "annuaire" and "annuité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "annuaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annuité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annuaire" and "annuité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acuité vs annuité". 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 #128,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.