avéraitvsavouaitWhich spelling fits?

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

#37,190
“avérait” frequency rank
#40,616
“avouait” frequency rank
77806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avérait avouait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avérer. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe avouer.

Where the eye mixes avérait and avouait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
avérait
7 ch
avouait

Look-alike desk: avérait vs avouait

A purely visual mix-up. avérait (\a.ve.ʁɛ\) and avouait (\a.vwɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avérait is recorded at frequency rank #37,190, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ve.ʁɛ\. avouait is at rank #40,616, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vwɛ\.

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 77806, this pair ranks #27,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of avérait vs avouait

Shared letters: aitv. Private to "avérait": . Private to "avouait": ou.

"avérait" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "avouait" · 7 letters · shape VCVVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avouaitaovuait · avoauit · avouaitt · avouati · avouiat · avuoait · avvouait · vaouait

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "avérait" and "avouait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ve.ʁɛ\ versus \a.vwɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "avérait" or "avouait"?
"avérait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,190 in our French list, against #40,616 for "avouait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "avérait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avouait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avérait" and "avouait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs avérait". 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 #27,406 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