Which to use
“avec” is a preposition and “aye” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32
- “avec” frequency rank
- #31,835
- “aye” frequency rank
- 31867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avec | aye |
|---|---|---|
| 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? ». | Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe avoir. |
Where the eye mixes avec and aye
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: avec vs aye
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: avec is \a.vɛk\ while aye is \ɛ\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31867, 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\. aye is at rank #31,835, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ\.
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 31867, this pair ranks #301,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avec vs aye
Shared letters: ae. Private to "avec": cv. Private to "aye": y.
"avec" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "aye" · 3 letters · shape VVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- avec ← aevc · avce · avecc · avvec · vaec
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avec" and "aye" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "avec" or "aye"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "avec" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avec" and "aye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aves vs aye". 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 #301,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.