Which to use
“avec” is a preposition and “aveux” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32
- “avec” frequency rank
- #13,737
- “aveux” frequency rank
- 13769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avec | aveux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conjointement à ; en compagnie de. Note d’usage : La préposition est généralement suivie d'un pronom, à l'exception notable des régions linguistiques sous l'influence des langues germaniques comme l'Alsace, la Belgique et la Suisse, où la préposition est placée parfois en position finale sans être suivie d'un pronom. Ainsi, alors que le reste de la France dit « tu viens avec moi/nous ? », on entend parfois le long de la frontière germanophone « tu viens avec ? », comme traduction mot à mot de l'allemand « Du kommst mit? » (« tu m'accompagnes » ) et du néerlandais « kom jij mee? ». | Pluriel de aveu. |
Where the eye mixes avec and aveux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between avec and aveux
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: avec is \a.vɛk\ while aveux is \a.vø\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avec is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as aprep, pronounced \a.vɛk\. aveux is at rank #13,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.vø\.
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 13769, this pair ranks #399,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of avec vs aveux
Shared letters: aev. Private to "avec": c. Private to "aveux": ux.
"avec" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "aveux" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avec" and "aveux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "avec" vs "aveux" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "avec" and "aveux" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "avec" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aveux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avec" and "aveux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs aveux". 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 #399,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.