Which to use
“avança” is a verb and “avances” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,693
- “avança” frequency rank
- #10,998
- “avances” frequency rank
- 43691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avança | avances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de avancer. | Premières recherches ou premières démarches pour amener une réconciliation, un accommodement, un traité, voire pour former une liaison d’amour ou d’amitié. |
Where the eye mixes avança and avances
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avança runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against avances's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses avança with avances
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: avança is \a.vɑ̃.sa\ while avances is \a.vɑ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43691, 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\. avances is at rank #10,998, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.vɑ̃s\.
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 43691, this pair ranks #216,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avança vs avances
Shared letters: anv. Private to "avança": ç. Private to "avances": ces.
"avança" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "avances" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- avances ← aavnces · avacnes · avancces · avancess · avancse · avanecs · avannces · avnaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "avança" for "avances" ever safe?
Frequency check: "avança" vs "avances" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "avances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avança" and "avances" 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 #216,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.