Which to use
“aval” is a noun and “avec” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,657
- “aval” frequency rank
- #32
- “avec” frequency rank
- 8689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aval | avec |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Côté vers lequel descend un cours d'eau, à l'inverse de l'amont. | Conjointement à ; en compagnie de. Note d’usage : La préposition est généralement suivie d'un pronom, à l'exception notable des régions linguistiques sous l'influence des langues germaniques comme l'Alsace, la Belgique et la Suisse, où la préposition est placée parfois en position finale sans être suivie d'un pronom. Ainsi, alors que le reste de la France dit « tu viens avec moi/nous ? », on entend parfois le long de la frontière germanophone « tu viens avec ? », comme traduction mot à mot de l'allemand « Du kommst mit? » (« tu m'accompagnes » ) et du néerlandais « kom jij mee? ». |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aval and avec apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
aval and avec form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aval is recorded at frequency rank #8,657, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.val\. avec is at rank #32, tagged as aprep, pronounced \a.vɛk\.
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 8689, this pair ranks #419,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aval" and "avec" be used interchangeably?
Remembering aval vs avec
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “aval”; for a preposition, it's “avec”.
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