Which to use
“avatar” and “avatars” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,715
- “avatar” frequency rank
- #30,481
- “avatars” frequency rank
- 42196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avatar | avatars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans la religion hindouiste, chacune des incarnations du dieu Vishnou. | Pluriel de avatar. |
Same sound, different letters: avatar vs avatars
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. avatar runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against avatars's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: avatar vs avatars
This is the hard kind. avatar and avatars are pronounced identically (\a.va.taʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “avatar” sits inside “avatars”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avatar is recorded at frequency rank #11,715, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.va.taʁ\. avatars is at rank #30,481, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.va.taʁ\.
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 42196, this pair ranks #227,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avatar vs avatars
Shared letters: artv. Private to "avatar": -. Private to "avatars": s.
"avatar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "avatars" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "avatar" and "avatars" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "avatar" or "avatars"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "avatar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avatars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avatar" and "avatars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avaler vs avatar". 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 #227,473 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.