avérévsavezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,348
“avéré” frequency rank
#262
“avez” frequency rank
11610
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avéré avez
Definition Qui est connu, vérifié ou vrai. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de avoir.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set avéré and avez apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
avéré
4 ch
avez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: avéré is \a.ve.ʁe\ while avez is \a.ve\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avéré is recorded at frequency rank #11,348, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\. 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 11610, this pair ranks #408,513 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of avéré vs avez

Shared letters: av. Private to "avéré": . Private to "avez": ez.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avezaevz · avezz · avvez · avze · vaez

Frequency comparison

avéré#11,348
avez#262

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "avéré" and "avez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "avéré" is an adjective and "avez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "avéré" or "avez"?
"avez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #262 in our French list, against #11,348 for "avéré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering avéré vs avez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “avéré”; for a verb, it's “avez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “avéré” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list