Which to use
“avancer” and “avancez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,503
- “avancer” frequency rank
- #36,262
- “avancez” frequency rank
- 38765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avancer | avancez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pousser en avant ; porter en avant. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avancer. |
Same sound, different letters: avancer vs avancez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. avancer and avancez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - avancer and avancez
This is the hard kind. avancer and avancez are pronounced identically (\a.vɑ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “avancer” becomes z in “avancez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avancer is recorded at frequency rank #2,503, classified as averb, pronounced \a.vɑ̃.se\. 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 38765, this pair ranks #252,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avancer vs avancez
Shared letters: acenv. Private to "avancer": r. Private to "avancez": z.
"avancer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "avancez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "avancer" / "avancez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "avancer" 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 #252,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avancer" 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 #252,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.