avéravsavezConfusable pair

Which to use

“avéra” and “avez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,509
“avéra” frequency rank
#262
“avez” frequency rank
49771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avéra avez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe avérer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de avoir.

Where the eye mixes avéra and avez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. avéra runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against avez's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
avéra
4 ch
avez

Look-alike desk: avéra vs avez

A purely visual mix-up. avéra (\a.ve.ʁa\) and avez (\a.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49771, 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\. avez is at rank #262, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ve\.

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 49771, this pair ranks #167,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of avéra vs avez

Shared letters: av. Private to "avéra": ré. Private to "avez": ez.

"avéra" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "avez" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avez ← aevz · avezz · avvez · avze · vaez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "avéra" for "avez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ve.ʁa\ versus \a.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "avéra" or "avez" show up more?
"avez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #262 in our French list, against #49,509 for "avéra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "avéra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avéra" and "avez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs aves". 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 #167,977 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