ArevavsavéraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Areva is a name, avéra is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Areva” is a name and “avéra” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,046
“Areva” frequency rank
#49,509
“avéra” frequency rank
69555
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Areva avéra
Definition Rivière d'Hispanie. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe avérer.

Letter map: Areva vs avéra

Shared letters muted; letters that set Areva and avéra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Areva and avéra follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Areva
5 ch
avéra

Grammar separator: Areva vs avéra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Areva is aname and avéraaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Areva is recorded at frequency rank #20,046, classified as aname. avéra is at rank #49,509, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ve.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 69555, this pair ranks #54,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Areva vs avéra

Shared letters: arv. Private to "Areva": e. Private to "avéra": é.

"Areva" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "avéra" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Areva ← aerva · areav · arevva · arreva · arvea · raeva

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Areva" for "avéra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Areva" is a name and "avéra" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Areva" or "avéra"?
"Areva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,046 in our French list, against #49,509 for "avéra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Areva" and "avéra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Areva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avéra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Areva" and "avéra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs aves". 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 #54,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list