aurontvsauventTell them apart

Quick tell: auront is a verb, auvent is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“auront” is a verb and “auvent” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,583
“auront” frequency rank
#44,316
“auvent” frequency rank
45899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature auront auvent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de avoir. Petit toit en saillie, aménagé ordinairement au-dessus des entrées de bâtiments, pour protéger de la pluie.

Where the eye mixes auront and auvent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. auront and auvent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
auront
6 ch
auvent

Why the eye confuses auront with auvent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: auront is \o.ʁɔ̃\ while auvent is \o.vɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

auront is recorded at frequency rank #1,583, classified as averb, pronounced \o.ʁɔ̃\. auvent is at rank #44,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.vɑ̃\.

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 45899, this pair ranks #199,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of auront vs auvent

Shared letters: antu. Private to "auront": or. Private to "auvent": ev.

"auront" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC  ·  "auvent" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • auront ← aruont · auornt · aurnot · auronnt · aurontt · aurotn · aurront · uaront
  • auvent ← auevnt · auvennt · auventt · auvetn · auvnet · auvvent · avuent · uavent

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "auront" for "auvent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "auront" is a verb and "auvent" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "auront" or "auvent"?
"auront" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,583 in our French list, against #44,316 for "auvent". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "auront" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "auvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "auront" and "auvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "advenu vs auvent". 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 #199,194 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