Which to use
“ara” and “auras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,225
- “ara” frequency rank
- #2,757
- “auras” frequency rank
- 31982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ara | auras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom normalisé donné à six genres de grands oiseaux de la famille des psittacidés (e.g. "vrais" perroquets, amazones, etc.), à longue queue, au plumage très coloré et aux patrons complexes, dont l’intelligence et les aptitudes vocales sont supérieures à celles de la plupart des autres membres de l’ordre des psittaciformes, et qui fréquentent les forêts humides de l'écozone néotropicale, et dont plusieurs espèces sont présentement menacées de disparition (genres principaux: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Propyrrhura, etc.). | Pluriel de aura. |
Where the eye mixes ara and auras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between ara and auras
A purely visual mix-up. ara (\a.ʁa\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ara is recorded at frequency rank #29,225, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁa\. 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 31982, this pair ranks #300,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ara vs auras
Shared letters: ar. Private to "ara": -. Private to "auras": su.
"ara" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "auras" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- auras ← aruas · auars · aurass · aurras · aursa · uaras
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ara" and "auras" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ara" vs "auras" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ara" and "auras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ara" 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 #300,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ara" and "auras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ara vs avéra". 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 #300,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.