avéravsavéréConfusable pair

Quick tell: avéra is a verb, avéré is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“avéra” is a verb and “avéré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,509
“avéra” frequency rank
#11,348
“avéré” frequency rank
60857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avéra avéré
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe avérer. Qui est connu, vérifié ou vrai.

Where the eye mixes avéra and avéré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. avéra and avéré follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
avéra
5 ch
avéré

Look-alike desk: avéra vs avéré

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: avéra is \a.ve.ʁa\ while avéré is \a.ve.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “avéra” becomes é in “avéré”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avéra is recorded at frequency rank #49,509, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ve.ʁa\. avéré is at rank #11,348, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\.

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 60857, this pair ranks #95,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of avéra vs avéré

Shared letters: arvé. Private to "avéra": -. Private to "avéré": -.

"avéra" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "avéré" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "avéra" and "avéré" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "avéra" is a verb and "avéré" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "avéra" or "avéré"?
"avéré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,348 in our French list, against #49,509 for "avéra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "avéra" and "avéré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "avéra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avéré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avéra" and "avéré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs aves". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #95,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list