Which to use
“avança” and “avancer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,693
- “avança” frequency rank
- #2,503
- “avancer” frequency rank
- 35196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avança | avancer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de avancer. | Pousser en avant ; porter en avant. |
Where the eye mixes avança and avancer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avança runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against avancer's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between avança and avancer
A purely visual mix-up. avança (\a.vɑ̃.sa\) and avancer (\a.vɑ̃.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avança is recorded at frequency rank #32,693, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vɑ̃.sa\. avancer is at rank #2,503, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vɑ̃.se\.
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 35196, this pair ranks #278,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avança vs avancer
Shared letters: anv. Private to "avança": ç. Private to "avancer": cer.
"avança" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "avancer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- avancer ← aavncer · avacner · avanccer · avancerr · avancre · avanecr · avanncer · avnacer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avança" and "avancer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "avança" or "avancer"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "avança" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avancer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avança" and "avancer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "advance vs avança". 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 #278,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.