Which to use
“avancée” is a noun and “avancées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,010
- “avancée” frequency rank
- #6,586
- “avancées” frequency rank
- 11596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avancée | avancées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui fait saillie. | Féminin pluriel de avancé. |
Same sound, different letters: avancée vs avancées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. avancée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against avancées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - avancée / avancées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avancée and avancées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.vɑ̃.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “avancée” sits inside “avancées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avancée is recorded at frequency rank #5,010, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.vɑ̃.se\. avancées is at rank #6,586, tagged as anadj, 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 11596, this pair ranks #408,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of avancée vs avancées
Shared letters: acenvé. Private to "avancée": -. Private to "avancées": s.
"avancée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "avancées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avancée" and "avancées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "avancée" or "avancées" show up more?
After this comparison
"avancée" and "avancées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "avancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avancées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avancée" and "avancées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs avancée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #408,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.