Which to use
“army” and “auray” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,358
- “army” frequency rank
- #38,659
- “auray” frequency rank
- 59017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | army | auray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Armée (plus particulièrement armée de terre), groupe organisé de soldats. | Bloc de pierre, pièce de bois, mauvais canon, etc., pour amarrer. |
Letter map: army vs auray
Shared letters muted; letters that set army and auray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. army runs 4 letters (VCCV) against auray's 5 (VVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: army and auray
army and auray are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
army is recorded at frequency rank #20,358, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɑɹ.mi\. auray is at rank #38,659, tagged as anoun.
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 59017, this pair ranks #105,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of army vs auray
Shared letters: ary. Private to "army": m. Private to "auray": u.
"army" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "auray" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "army" and "auray" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "army" or "auray"?
After this comparison
You've compared "army" and "auray". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "army" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "army" and "auray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur vs auray". 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 #105,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.