# avare vs award

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### avare
*adjective · IPA \a.vaʁ\ · frequency rank #23,458*
Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.

### award
*noun · IPA \əˈwɔːd\ · frequency rank #16,552*
Prix, prime.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/avare-vs-award