Which to use
“avérer” is a verb and “avérés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,095
- “avérer” frequency rank
- #23,110
- “avérés” frequency rank
- 38205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | avérer | avérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reconnaître ou faire reconnaître pour vrai. | Masculin pluriel de avéré. |
Same sound, different letters: avérer vs avérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: avérer vs avérés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: avérer and avérés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ve.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
avérer is recorded at frequency rank #15,095, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ve.ʁe\. avérés is at rank #23,110, 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 38205, this pair ranks #256,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of avérer vs avérés
Shared letters: arvé. Private to "avérer": e. Private to "avérés": s.
"avérer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "avérés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "avérer" and "avérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "avérer" vs "avérés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"avérer" and "avérés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "avérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "avérer" and "avérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avéra vs avérés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #256,917 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.