atarivsavareConfusable pair

Quick tell: atari is a noun, avare is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“atari” is a noun and “avare” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,654
“atari” frequency rank
#23,458
“avare” frequency rank
65112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atari avare
Definition Portail, parvis. Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.

Letter map: atari vs avare

Shared letters muted; letters that set atari and avare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
atari
5 ch
avare

Grammar separator: atari vs avare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: atari is anoun and avareanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atari is recorded at frequency rank #41,654, classified as anoun. avare is at rank #23,458, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vaʁ\.

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 65112, this pair ranks #73,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of atari vs avare

Shared letters: ar. Private to "atari": it. Private to "avare": ev.

"atari" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "avare" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atariaatri · atair · atarri · atrai · attari · taari
  • avareaavre · avaer · avarre · avrae · avvare · vaare

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "atari" and "avare" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "atari" is a noun and "avare" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "atari" or "avare" show up more?
"avare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,458 in our French list, against #41,654 for "atari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "atari" and "avare". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "atari" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atari" and "avare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ATA vs atari". 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 #73,787 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