avéréesvsavertisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#36,713
“avérées” frequency rank
#15,570
“avertis” frequency rank
52283
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avérées avertis
Definition Féminin pluriel de avéré. Masculin pluriel de averti.

Where the eye mixes avérées and avertis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
avérées
7 ch
avertis

Look-alike desk: avérées vs avertis

A purely visual mix-up. avérées (\a.ve.ʁe\) and avertis (\a.vɛʁ.ti\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avérées is recorded at frequency rank #36,713, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\. avertis is at rank #15,570, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vɛʁ.ti\.

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 52283, this pair ranks #148,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of avérées vs avertis

Shared letters: aersv. Private to "avérées": é. Private to "avertis": it.

"avérées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "avertis" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avertisaevrtis · averits · averrtis · avertiss · avertsi · averttis · avetris · avretis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "avérées" and "avertis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ve.ʁe\ versus \a.vɛʁ.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "avérées" or "avertis"?
"avertis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,570 in our French list, against #36,713 for "avérées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "avérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avertis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #148,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avérées" and "avertis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alertés vs avérées". 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 #148,804 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