Which to use
“avança” and “avancez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,693
- “avança” frequency rank
- #36,262
- “avancez” frequency rank
- 68955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avança | avancez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de avancer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avancer. |
Where the eye mixes avança and avancez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avança runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against avancez'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 avancez
A purely visual mix-up. avança (\a.vɑ̃.sa\) and avancez (\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 68955, 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\. avancez is at rank #36,262, 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 68955, this pair ranks #57,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of avança vs avancez
Shared letters: anv. Private to "avança": ç. Private to "avancez": cez.
"avança" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "avancez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- avancez ← aavncez · avacnez · avanccez · avancezz · avancze · avanecz · avanncez · avnacez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avança" and "avancez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "avança" vs "avancez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "avança" and "avancez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avança" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avancez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avança" and "avancez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "advance vs avancez". 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 #57,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.